Monday, October 17, 2011

Determinants of social anxiety and social avoidance in psoriasis outpatients

Abstract

Background  Psychological stressors can contribute to the first manifestation and to later exacerbations of psoriasis. As a result of the visible and disfiguring skin lesions, psoriasis patients often develop feelings of social anxiety and stigmatization and consecutive social avoidance, which can in turn affect employment and social activities and lead to psychological distress and impairment of quality of life. However, great differences regarding social anxiety and social avoidance can be observed between different individuals, even if their disfigurement appears comparable.


Objective  We intended to assess the joint impact of disease severity, ...

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