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Springer The Essentials of Psychodermatology 2021 Edition by Mohammad Jafferany, Bárbara Roque Ferreira, Arsh Patel
Patients with psychocutaneous disease may present to multiple professionals to seek care. The multidimensional nature of the conditions can lead to specialists being fearful of how to properly manage patients. For example, a dermatologist may be unfamiliar and uncomfortable with acquiring sensitive psychosocial information and a psychiatrist may not know management protocols of wound care related to the patient's condition. With the basic information provided in The Essentials of Psychodermatology, healthcare providers can increase their comfort and become less hesitant when making decisions in determining the proper treatment course and assessing the need for referral. This book provides vital information for a multidisciplinary audience to spark collaboration, increased awareness, and ultimately, improved patient-care and will find audience with: Healthcare providers from multiple diverse fields such as, but not limited to, family medicine, dermatology, and psychiatry; Physicians, physician's assistants, nurses, psychologists, and students with exposure to patients with psychocutaneous conditions and/or a special interest in the field; and Professors, educators, and researchers with an interest in psychodermatology or interdisciplinary medicine. Table of contents :- 1. Introduction: why to study psychodermatology and to whom it may concern-Highlights the importance of continued efforts to increase awareness and research within the field to improve patient care. 2. Skin and psyche: psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology-Describes how psychosocial stress influences cutaneous sensory perception by mechanistic alteration of autonomic, immunomodualtory, and neuroendocrine systems. 3. Basic principles of dermatology applied to psychodermatology-The importance of dermatologic intervention in psychodermatology. 4. Basic principles of psychopathology applied to psychodermatology-The psychiatric and psychosocial aspects of psychodrrmatiology. 5. Classification and terminology of psychodermatologic disorders-Providing the organizational structure of conditions within psychocutaneous medicine. 6. Screening questionnaires, scales and approach to patients with psychodermatologic disorders-Highlighting the specific role of healthcare providers and specialists belonging to multiple fields in the initial management of patients suspected of having a psychodermatologic condition.7. Psychophysiologic dermatoses-Presents cutaneous conditions that arise or are exacerbated from an individual's reaction to emotional states such as stress.8. Dermatoses with important psychiatric and social co-morbidities-Highlights diseases with primary dermatologic pathology resulting in psychiatric conditions such as major depressive disorder and anxiety.9. Psychodermatologic disorders with primary psychopathology-Features primary psychiatric disorders with dermatologic manifestations like trichotillomania and skin picking disease. 10. Cutaneous sensory disorders-Describes a category of conditions causing unpleasant skin sensations like itching, stinging, burning, crawling, or pain (allodynia) without a definitive diagnosis of cutaneous disease or psychiatric illness.11. Common psychotropic treatments used in dermatology, how and when to use-Provides a summary of psychotropic medications used in treatment of psychocutaneous conditions. 12. Principles of psychotherapy applied to the psychodermatologic disorders-Presents a wide variety of non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies in psychodermatology.