Assessment of Psychological Symptoms Associated with Dermatological Conditions

This study aims to assess the prevalence of psychological symptoms in patients with dermatological illnesses with coorelation of occurrence of psychological symptoms with gender and duration of the diagnosed dermatological illness.100 patients with dermatological illness were assessed on the Ferrans and Powers Quality of life scale& Dass 42 scale. Psychological symptoms were seen in all dermatlaogical illnesses in varying degrees with greater frequency and intensity of problems in females and illnesses with greater duration.