Abstract
Objective: The aim of study was to assess the comorbidity of psychiatric illnesses in the patients suffering from chronic skin Diseases.
Material and Methods: One hundred consecutive patients attending OPD of Dept. of Dermatology, ANMCH, Gaya, Bihar were studied. Patients were examined through Psychiatric interview & screened through Hospital anxiety and depression scale after taking informed consent.
Discussion & Results: Out of these 40 patients 70% (28/40) had anxiety disorder and 30% (12/40) had depressive disorder or dysthymia. Patients of anxiety disorders 35.7% (10/28) had mixed anxiety disorder, 25.7% had Generalized anxiety disorder, 21.4% (6/28) had panic disorder, 17.85(5/28) had somatization disorder. Patients of depressive disorders 66.66% had major depressive disorder and 33.33% had dysthymia.
Conclusion: There is a high rate of psychiatric problems in patients with chronic Skin Diseases.
Keywords: chronic skin Diseases, co-morbid psychiatric illness, Anxiety, depression.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Krishna Kumar Singh
Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i5.68
