Psychodermatology in clinical practice: An examination of physician attitudes, beliefs, and interventions toward psychocutaneous disease

Fifteen days postconception, the embryonic ectoderm simultaneously gives rise to the central nervous system and the epidermis of the integumentary system. The connections between the two organ systems manifests in both the psychiatric and dermatologic setting. To examine the current awareness of psychiatric comorbidity in dermatologic practice and its management in a sample of dermatologists across the United States. A survey was conducted that...