Evidence of high levels of anxiety and depression in polymorphic light eruption and their association with clinical and demographic variables

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Richards, H L ^a   Ling, T C ^a   Evangelou, G ^a   Brooke, R C C ^a   Fortune, D G ^b   Rhodes, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Fortune Psychological Consulting   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Biopsychosocial approach; Depression; PLE; Psychology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STEROID THERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 47549105509     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08623.x     Document Type: Article

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