Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine  2015;23(1):20-25

Review of Psychiatric Adolescent Inpatient with Dermatologic Consultations.

Hyunjung KWON 1 ; Hyunyoung JO ; Youngil KIM ; Kyungduck PARK ; Hyun CHUNG ; Joonsoo PARK

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Keywords

Dermatologic consultation; Psychiatry; Psychodermatology

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To review the patterns of the dermatologic consultations of psychiatric adolescent inpatient and to explore the relationship between the dermatologic disorders and psychiatric disorders. METHODS: We retrospectively studied the data from 22 cases referred by psychiatric adolescent for a dermatologic consultation over 10 years in Daegu Catholic University Medical Center and compared with the data from 108 cases referred by the other department adolescent patients. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 15.9. The male to female ratio was 1:1.44. The most common psychiatric and dermatologic disorder was major depressive disorder and acne, respectively. The most frequent reason for consultation was to ask for dermatologic disease or condition(54.5%) followed by to perform cosmetic procedure of patients need(40.9%) and to perform dermatologic test(4.6%). CONCLUSIONS: More than just a cosmetic disfigurement, dermatologic disorders are associated with a variety of psychopathologic problems that can affect the patient. Increased understanding of biopsychosocial approaches and liaison among psychiatrists and dermatologists could be beneficial.