Review of the history and aetiology of the neurodermatoses with the results of a phsychiatric survey of a group of unselected skin outpatients

Abstract

The concept and importance of psychological factors in many dermatoses is well established. Civilian and Army practice has given the clinical impression that psychological factors are the largest single cause of skin illness. There is little published evidence to support this impression; part of this thesis records work on the incidence of psychological factors in an unselected group of skin out -patients. A proportion of this group has been followed up with a view to assessing the prognosis in these cases.