Neurotic excoriation and the relationship with psychological aspects: A systematic review
International Journal of Development Research
Neurotic excoriation and the relationship with psychological aspects: A systematic review
Received 17th June 2020; Received in revised form 09th July 2020; Accepted 14th August 2020; Published online 29th September 2020
Copyright © 2020, Caroline Araújo Gonçalves et ali. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Among psychiatric dermatoses, neurotic excoriation is characterized by the patient's confession of causing lesions on the skin itself, without presenting a basic dermatological disease. The theme has been gaining prominence since the incorporation of the diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5, APA 2014). However, it was found that the subject has been scarcely addressed in the literature since not all cases are diagnosed and this pathology has more than one denomination (excoriation disorder, pathological palpation of the skin, neurodermatitis, dermatothilomania, and psychogenic excoriation). Therefore, the present study addressed the main clinical findings in research studies, through a systematic review, on neurotic excoriation, in addition to valuing the importance of psychological aspects in etiopathogenesis.
