Dermatitis Artefacta Appearing during Inpatient Psychotherapy Programme for Dissociative Disorder - a Case Report
نویسندگان
چکیده
Appearance of dermatitis artefacta in an adolescent female patient while she underwent treatment for dissociative disorder is described. The possibility of shift of presenting symptom of episodic unresponsiveness to spurious skin lesion during psychotherapy programme was considered to be the method of its causation.
منابع مشابه
A case of dermatitis artefacta: Clues which help early diagnosis
A 26-year-old married female presented with a complaint of recurrent multiple ulcerative lesions on her body. After complete history and physical examination, a diagnosis of dermatitis artefacta was made. Dermatitis artefacta remains undiagnosed for quite some time because of its atypical skin changes, diverse methods used for producing skin lesions, lack of awareness about the disorder on the ...
متن کاملDermatitis artefacta: case report.
Automutilating behavior is becoming ever more frequent in patients seeking dermatologic care. Psychocutaneous disorders encompass a wide range of dermatologic conditions, all of which have in common the important role of psychological factors. Dermatitis artefacta syndrome is characterized by unconscious self-injury behavior, while dermatitis para-artefacta syndrome is labeled with manipulation...
متن کاملDermatitis artefacta in a patient affected by impulse control disorder: case report.
Dermatitis artefacta is a disease characterized by self-inflicted skin lesions in fully aware patients. Mechanical and chemical devices are most commonly used to produce such injuries. Several psychological disorders like depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, hysteria, etc. are associated with this kind of disease. Most of the patients are young females aged between 15 and 30, but the dia...
متن کاملDermatitis artefacta and sexual abuse.
Case 1: This 16-year-old woman was referred for psychiatric management of her dermatitis artefacta that presented as superficial linear abrasions on her thighs and arms. During psychotherapy, the patient disclosed that her father had started sexually molesting her when she was about 8 years old. By age 10 years her father was having sexual intercourse with her. Initially, the patient confused h...
متن کاملAllergic to all medicines and red coloured urine.
Dermatitis artefacta is a disorder in which the skin is the target of self-inflicted injury. We report a case of dermatitis artefacta, in which the patient developed skin lesions, after taking each and every medication. Additionally he also had red coloured urine after taking certain group of medications, which, on further investigations, was found to be associated with glucose 6-phosphate dehy...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 39 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997