Psychosomatic aspects of pruritus

Dermatology and Psychosomatics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-13

  Gieler, Uwe ^a   Niemeier, V ^a   Brosig, B ^a   Kupfer, J ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain research; Itch; Pruritus; Psychophysiology; Scratch; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; HUMAN; MAST CELL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCRATCHING; SENSATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036221592     PISSN: 14229196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051357     Document Type: Review

References (83)

1. Measurement of feelings using visual analogue scales
2. Spinothalamic neurons selectively responsive to histamine
3. Behaviour therapy in dermatological practice
4. Nocturnal wakening caused by pruritus: Organic or psychogenic?
5. Nonrashes - Telepathic pruritus
6. Proopiomelanocortin production by epidermal cells: Evidence for an immune neuroendocrine network in the epidermis
7. Mast cell/nerve interactions in vitro and in vivo
8. Paroxetine in a case of psychogenic pruritus and neurotic excoriations
9. Central cancellation of self produced tickle sensation
10. Verhaltenstherapeutische ansätze bei der behandlung des endogenen ekzems unter besonderer berücksichtigung des zwanghaften kratzens
11. Value of propericiazine in the treatment of certain primary pruritus of psychogenic origin
12. Persistent erythema and pruritus, with a confluent histiocytic skin infiltrate, following the use of a hydroxethlstarch plasma expander
13. Pruritus circumscriptus sine materia: A sequel of postzosteric neuralgia. Evaluation by psychophysical examination using laser-evoked potentials
14. Der eppendorfer juckreizfragebogen
15. Processing of histamin-induced itch in the human cerebral cortex: A correlation analysis with dermal reactions
16. Pruritus en culotte of purely psychogenic origin
17. Measuring nocturnal scratch in atopic dermatitis
18. Kognitive faktoren beim juckreiz: Entwicklung und validierung eines fragebogens
19. Treatment of atopic dermatitis: A comparison of psychological and dermatological approaches to relapse prevention
20. A new method for the measurement of itch and the response to treatment
21. Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) - A simple practical measure for routine clinical use
22. Capsaicin and sensory neurons - A preview
23. Psychological predictors of pruritus during mental stress
24. Pruritus during standardized mental stress
25. Influence of grenz rays and psychological factors on experimental pruritus induced by histamine and compound 48/80
26. Evaluation and treatment of 'psychogenic' pruritus and self excoriation
27. Brachioradial pruritus: Treatment with topical capsaicin
28. Successful treatment of notalgia paresthetica with a paravertebral local anesthetic block
29. A case study of pruritic eczema treated by relaxation and imagery
30. Aquagenic pruritus
31. Pruritus associated with nocturnal wakening: Organic or psychogenic?
32. Evaluation and treatment of 'psychogenic' pruritus and self-excoriation
33. Some methods for evaluating clinical itch and their application for studying pathophysiological mechanisms
34. Gradual increase in cutaneous threshold induced by repeated hypnosis of healthy individuals and patients with atopic eczema
35. Discharge patterns of human C-fibres induced by itching and burning stimuli
36. Impaired quality of life of adults with skin disease in primary care
37. Psychologische einflüsse auf die atopische dermatitis - Eine verhaltensmedi-zinische sichtweise
38. A preliminary study of psychological therapy in the management of atopic eczema
39. Urge to scratch represented in the human cerebral cortex during itch
40. Solar pruritus
41. Psoriasis and hypnotherapy: The acceptance of resistance in the treatment of a long-standing neurodermitis with a sensory imagery techniques
42. Psychologic and psychiatric aspects of itching
43. Stress and atopic eczema - The response of neutrophine growth factor and neurotrophins in an experimental situation study
44. Extreme itching treated by a family systems approach
45. Psychological assessment of patients with idiopathic pruritus ani
46. Neuropeptides: Role in inflammatory skin diseases
47. Pavlovian conditioning of rat mucuosal mast cells to secrete rat mast cell proteases II
48. Nerve growth factor modifies the expression of inflammatory cytokines by mast cells via a prostanoid-dependent mechanism
49. Functional MRI response to histamine iontophoresis
50. Behavioural treatment of scratching in patients with atopic dermatitis
51. Persistent pruritus after hydroxyethyl starch infusion therapy: A result of long-term storage in cutaneous nerves
52. The itches of Jean-Paul Marat
53. Psychogenic Pruritus
54. Räsänen T: Scratch radar
55. Phantom sensation in amputated limb
56. Observations during an Itch-Inducing Lecture
57. Psychiatric morbidity in dermatological outpatients: An issue to be recognized
58. Psychological factors affecting reports of itch
59. Pruritus as a psychic phenomenon
60. Outbreak of itching and rash. Epidemic hysteria in an elemantary school
61. The behavioral treatment of neurodermitis through habit-reversal
62. Hypnosis in a case of longstanding idiopathic itch
63. Specific C-receptors for itch in human skin
64. Dermal microdialysis in pruritus research
65. Evaluation of effects of psychosocial interventions in the treatment of atopic eczema
66. Unilateral pruritus after a stroke
67. Anxiety and depression in patients with chronic urticaria and generalized pruritus
68. An outbreak of of pruritic skin lesions in a group of laboratory workers - A case report
69. Role of primate spinothalamic pathway in itch and pain
70. A comparison of hypnotherapy and biofeedback in the treatment of childhood atopic eczema
71. Somatoforme störungen in der dermatologie
72. Hypnotherapy as a treatment for atopic dermatitis in adults and children
73. Mechanisms of itch in dry skin - NGF induces the elongation/penetration of nerve fibers into the epidermis
74. Hypnotherapy in a case of refractory dermatitis
75. Neural integration and allergic disease
76. Measurement of Itch
77. The pathophysiology of itch
78. The prevalence and clinical characteristics of pruritus among patients with extensive psoriasis
79. Dermatology life quality index:Data from Danish inpatients and outpatients