Tag: Psychodermatologist
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Habitual Scratching: A Skin-Damaging Behaviour
Habitual scratching is one of a range of skin-damaging behaviours As a psychodermatologist, I am a psychiatrist and I work with dermatologists. Sometimes I explain, especially about atopic eczema, that while a dermatologist deals more with the itching, as a psychiatrist I am more focused on the scratching. Itch can have emotional causes – it…
