PSYCHOSOMATICAL DISORDERS IN DERMATOLOGIC AL ILLNESS

In a cooperative study involving the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine/Psychotherapy of the University of Dusseldorf, 187 patients were evaluated for psychosomatic disease a nd indenient psychological testing. The distribution of skin diseases and psychosomatic ICD 10 diagnoses are presented. It was found that pa tient evaluation-(symptom-complaint-questionnaire) and expert evaluati on correlate positive. It therefore seems worthwhile examining dermato logy in-patient's for psychosomatic problems in order to facilitate co mbined dermatological and psychosomatic approach not only in the hospi tal but also during the post-discharge ambulatory treatment.