Recognition of depressive and anxiety disorders in dermatological outpatients

• Published in: Acta dermato-venereologica Vol. 84; no. 3; pp. 213 - 217
• Main Authors: PICARDI, Angelo, AMERIO, Paolo, BALIVA, Giannandrea, BARBIERI, Claudio, TEOFOLI, Patrizia, BOLLI, Simone, SALVATORI, Valentina, MAZZOTTI, Eva, PASQUINI, Paolo, ABENI, Damiano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala Acta dermato-venereologica 2004
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis; Anxiety Disorders - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical Competence; Depression; Depression - diagnosis; Depression - psychology; Dermatology; Diagnostic Errors; Female; General aspects; Humans; Italy; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; Outpatients - psychology; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Factors; Skin Diseases - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Italy; Mood disorder; Human; Skin disease; psychosomatic medicine; Dermatology; Anxiety disorder; Depression; mental disorders; Medicine; Psychosomatics; Mental disorder; Diagnosis; skin diseases

Although mental disorders are frequent among dermatological patients, little is known about their recognition by dermatologists. This study aimed to assess dermatologists' ability to recognize depressive and anxiety disorders. All adult outpatients who visited four dermatologists on predetermin...