International Journal of Tropical Medicine
ISSN: Online 1818-779XISSN: Print 1816-3319
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People suffering from psoriasis, a lasting condition indicated by patches of red, scaly skin, often suffer from mental disorders. One of these is unipolar depression. The purpose of this study is to examine how common clinical depression actually is in people with psoriasis as analyzed in a tertiary care hospital and, to see whether the skin condition has any bearing on whether or not you feel depressed. A cross‐sectional study was done on people who diagnosed with psoriasis. The research was conducted during one year at a tertiary care hospital of which they were part using the PASI to measure each group's severity. Scales on HDRS were used to rate and assess unipolar depression. In addition, an analysis was performed to check whether the level of depression corresponded with the degree of psoriasis. Appropriate statistical analysis was conducted. The research discovered that 32% of people with psoriasis felt despair with bad feeling with clinical depression as a manifestation and 28 percent experienced moderate depression and 20% severe depression. An analysis also showed that there was a statistically significant positive correlation (p<0.01) between PASI and HDRS scores, indicating that people with more serious psoriasis were more likely to have severe depression. The longer a person has psoriasis, the more likely is he or she to become depressed. This suggests that a cumulative psychological effect is accumulating over time. Our results indicate that people with psoriasis are indeed often depressed only with the level of severity paralleling to that found in their skin condition. The research makes clear the need for routine psychological examination as well as integration of mental health care facilities into treatment for psoriasis rather than being present simply to keep people alive. Further research is needed to explore the underlying pathways that link psoriasis to depression.
How to cite this article:
Dip P. Bhadja, Pragna Sorani, Vaishali Saradava and Nidhi S. Surani. Integrating Dermatology and Psychiatry: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assessing Depression and Psoriasis Comorbidity.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makijtm.2024.3.162.166
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-3319/10.36478/makijtm.2024.3.162.166