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Effectiveness of psychological intervention in psoriatic patients relative to standard care Volume 29, issue 2, March-April 2019

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1 Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Division of Dermatology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna,
2 Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica,
3 Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Division of Hygiene and Biostatistics, University of Bologna,
4 Scuola Superiore delle Politiche per la Salute, Bologna, Italy

Psoriasis is a complex disease that can involve other organ systems, leading to comorbidities, notably psychiatric and mood disorders [1]. The effect of psychological interventions in the treatment of psoriasis has not yet been established [2].Our aim was to evaluate the cutaneous and psychiatric impact of psychological intervention in psoriatic patients with no diagnosed history of mood disorders, relative to standard care.We conducted a prospective, non-randomised study, enrolling 86 patients affected [...]