The occurrence of emotional problems in somatic diseases based on psychodermatology

The general aim of this study is to present selected aspects of psychosocial problems in chronic somatic diseases based on the example of dermatology with impact on psoriasis as a model type of psychodermatological disease. This review does not include a theoretical basis for somatization as the issue exceeds the size of this article. Although a basic theory of the connection between skin disorders (as a perfect example of psychosomatic illness) and emotional mechanisms is briefly explained as an introduction to following issues. Another particular goal of this review is to present a number of researches that show the relation between selected demographic and environmental factors in psychosomatic problem using the example of dermatological and cardiologic diseases. This paper also shows the newest trends of multicenter and culturally-varied studies concerning such factors as quality of life, depression and suicide risk in course of dermatological illnesses and as a consequence highlights the need of creating tools for evaluation of those psychopathological variables. Another important aim of this reveiw is to present a series of analysis that deal with the impact of social support and the phenomenon of The occurrence of emotional problems in somatic diseases based on psychodermatology