Chronic idiopathic urticaria and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): An under-recognized comorbidity

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-354

  Gupta, Madhulika A ^a   Gupta, Aditya K ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STAB WOUND; SYMPTOM; URTICARIA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URTICARIA;

EID: 84859772480     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.01.012     Document Type: Note

References (24)

1. Obermayer M.E. Psychocutaneous medicine 1955, 266-278. Charles C. Thomas Publishers, Springfield, IL.
2. Whitlock F.A. Psychophysiological aspects of skin disease 1976, 154-164. W. B. Saunders Co, London.
3. Wittkower E., Russell B. Emotional factors in skin disease. A psychosomatic medicine monograph 1953, 133-150. Paul B. Hoeber Inc., New York.
4. Gupta M.A. Stress and urticaria. Neuroimmunology of the skin, basic science to clinical practice 2009, 209-217. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. R.D. Granstein, T. Luger (Eds.).
5. Gupta M.A., Gupta A.K. Psychodermatology: an update. J Am Acad Dermatol 1996, 34:1030-1046.
6. Medansky R.H., Handler R.M. Dermatopsychosomatics: classification, physiology and therapeutic approaches. J Am Acad Dermatol 1981, 5:125-136.
7. Koblenzer C.S. Psychosomatic concepts in dermatology. A dermatologist- psychoanalyst's viewpoint. Arch Dermatol 1983, 119:501-512.
8. Panconesi E. Psychosomatic dermatology. Clin Dermatol 1984, 2:94-179.
9. American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 2000, American Psychiatric Association, Washington (DC). 4th ed. Text revision (DSM-IV-TR).
10. Green G.R., Koelsche G.A., Kierland R.R. Etiology and pathogenesis of chronic urticaria. Ann Allergy 1965, 23:30-36.
11. Champion R.H., Roberts S.O., Carpenter R.G., et al. Urticaria and angio-oedema. A review of 554 patients. Br J Dermatol 1969, 81:588-597.
12. Shoemaker R.J. A search for the affective determinants of chronic urticaria. Psychosomatics 1963, 4:125-132.
13. Chung M.C., Symons C., Gilliam J., et al. The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidity, and personality traits among patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria. Compr Psychiatry 2010, 51:55-63.
14. Panconesi E., Hautmann G. Psychophysiology of stress in dermatology. The psychobiologic pattern of psychosomatics. Dermatol Clin 1996, 14:399-421.
15. Gupta M.A., Lanius R.A., Van der Kolk B.A. Psychologic trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder and dermatology. Dermatol Clin 2005, 23:649-656.
16. Van der Kolk B.A., Fisler R. Dissociation and the fragmentary nature of traumatic memories: overview and exploratory study. J Traum Stress 1995, 8:505-525.
17. Broom B.C. A reappraisal of the role of "mindbody" factors in chronic urticaria. Postgrad Med J 2010, 86:365-370.
18. Thakkar M.M. Histamine in the regulation of wakefulness. Sleep Med Rev 2011, 15:65-74.
19. Kasperska-Zajac A., Brzoza Z., Rogala B. Lower serum dehydroepiandroterone sulfate concentration in chronic idiopathic urticaria: a secondary transient phenomenon?. Br J Dermatol 2008, 159:743-744.
20. Brzoza Z., Kasperska-Zajac A., Badura-Brzoza K., et al. Decline in dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate observed in chronic urticaria is associated with psychological distress. Psychosom Med 2008, 70:723-728.
21. Morgan C.A., Southwick S., Hazlett G., et al. Relationships among plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and cortisol levels, symptoms of dissociation, and objective performance in humans exposed to acute stress. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2004, 61:819-825.
22. Arck P.C., Slominski A., Theoharides T.C., et al. Neuroimmunology of stress: skin takes center stage. J Invest Dermatol 2006, 126:1697-1704.
23. Papadopoulou N., Kalogeromitros D., Staurianeas N.G., et al. Corticotropin- releasing hormone receptor-1 and histidine decarboxylase expression in chronic urticaria. J Invest Dermatol 2005, 125:952-955.
24. Lytinas M., Kempuraj D., Huang M., et al. Acute stress results in skin corticotropin- releasing hormone secretion, mast cell activation and vascular permeability, an effect mimicked by intradermal corticotropin-releasing hormone and inhibited by histamine-1 receptor antagonists. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2003, 130:224-231.