1940
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1940.01490170028002
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The Personality Factor in Psychoneurogenous Reactions of the Skin

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“…Clinicians have long speculated the presence of an association between psychological factors and CSU ; however, reports elucidating this relationship are both scantily available and methodologically weak. Tables and list 30 such studies – 15 employing a case–control design and 15 using cross‐sectional methods – and provide a brief description of their gist.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Clinicians have long speculated the presence of an association between psychological factors and CSU ; however, reports elucidating this relationship are both scantily available and methodologically weak. Tables and list 30 such studies – 15 employing a case–control design and 15 using cross‐sectional methods – and provide a brief description of their gist.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several of the aforementioned studies report on the involvement of socio‐cognitive factors in the exacerbation of urticaria. Historically, early studies reported that psychological factors were important in urticaria cases . Later, a study examining 40 individuals who experienced bouts of urticaria for at least three months found that the majority of patients suffered from psychopathology – largely anxiety and depression – and responded favourably to psychotherapy .…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Stokes6 asserted the multifactorial nature of urticaria, stating that psychological factors must be conceived of as ‘acting in a complex of hereditary, physiologic, bacteriologic, immunologic, and other pathogenic and protective-reactive agencies’. Most modern allergists would agree that chronic urticaria is often triggered by multiple factors,19–21 including food chemicals, aspirin and non-steroidal inflammatory drugs, febrile illnesses, and autoimmune factors, often acting in unison.…”
Section: Urticaria a Multifactorial Disordermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 1940, Stokes claimed psychological factors were important in 79% of urticaria 6. Graham et al 7 observed in 30 closely studied individuals with urtication that there were strong correlations between feelings/attitudes, vascular skin responses, and urticaria.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Adults with atopic dermatitis seem to be more sensitive to emotional stress than normal controls. They may have a fairly high level of intelligence [Panconesi and Hautmann, 1996;Stokes, 1940], although this hypothesis has not been proven by statistical studies but only by clinical observations. They tend to be irritable, insecure, introvert and aggressive, presenting the following characteristics: feelings of rage, experiences of inferiority and inadequacy, repressed hostility towards parent figures, extreme affective sensitivity and emotional instability.…”
Section: Personalitymentioning
confidence: 99%