Advances in Psychodermatology

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Dear Colleagues,

Psychodermatology is a rapidly growing field. It combines dermatologic, psychiatric, and psychologic symptomatology. Skin diseases, due to their chronicity, visibility, and frequently occurring subjective symptoms, especially itch, predispose patients to develop secondary psychiatric disturbances, like depression and/or anxiety. This definitely influences coping strategies for dermatology patients. Many skin diseases are stress-induced ones, as psychological stress exacerbates skin conditions. Although skin disorders are mostly not life threatening, they heavily influence patients’ quality of life. All the domains, including physical, mental, and social functioning are affected. Moreover, patients with skin diseases present with increased level of stigmatization. Mental health could also be seen not only as a consequence of skin disease but as a facilitating or determining factor. One can also underline that dermatologists are quite frequently confronted with psychiatric disturbances with cutaneous manifestations or cutaneous imaginary symptoms. Within this group of so-called psychodermatoses, let us mention trichotillomania, onychotillomania, or delusional parasitosis. Another important, not enough deeply studied problem, are self-inflicted lesions in dermatology, previously called dermatitis artefacta. The aim of this Topic is to offer the platform for discussing all above mentioned problems within clinicians and basic science researches. We do hope that published papers will contribute to better the understanding of bilateral connections between skin and psyche and will be beneficial for a holistic approach to our patients.

Prof. Dr. Jacek C Szepietowski
Dr. Andrzej Jaworek
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Clinics and Practice clinpract	1.7	2.6	2011	20.8 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
Cosmetics cosmetics	3.4	5.2	2014	22.3 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Journal of Clinical Medicine jcm	3.0	5.7	2012	16 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Medicina medicina	2.4	3.3	1920	17.1 Days	CHF 2200	Submit
Dermato dermato	-	-	2021	37.6 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
LabMed labmed	-	-	2024	15.0 days *	CHF 1000	Submit
Psychology International psycholint	-	-	2019	18.5 Days	CHF 1200	Submit

* Median value for all MDPI journals in the second half of 2024.

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