TY - JOUR
KW - Complementary Therapies
KW - Cultural Characteristics
KW - Female
KW - Food
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Life Style
KW - Male
KW - Models, Theoretical
KW - Psychophysiologic Disorders
KW - Skin Diseases
KW - Skin Pigmentation
KW - Social Class
KW - Stress, Psychological
AU - Shenoi SD
AU - Prabhu S
AB - <p>Cultural factors can influence the experience and presentation of diseases, including psychosomatic diseases. Psychosomatic dermatology refers to skin diseases in which psychogenic causes, consequences, or concomitant circumstances have an essential and therapeutically important influence. Indian culture is one of the oldest and most diverse, and encompasses the various traditions and beliefs of people all over the vast Indian subcontinent. This paper discusses how cultural factors can influence the clinical course of some dermatologic problems and reviews the cultural dimension of some common skin conditions in India, including vitiligo, facial hypermelanosis, acne, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and leprosy. The paper illustrates some examples of the contributions of a patient's cultural values, beliefs, and practices to the biopsychosocial model of psychosomatic skin disorders.</p>
BT - Clinics in dermatology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23245975?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2013 Jan-Feb
DO - 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.11.008
IS - 1
J2 - Clin. Dermatol.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Cultural factors can influence the experience and presentation of diseases, including psychosomatic diseases. Psychosomatic dermatology refers to skin diseases in which psychogenic causes, consequences, or concomitant circumstances have an essential and therapeutically important influence. Indian culture is one of the oldest and most diverse, and encompasses the various traditions and beliefs of people all over the vast Indian subcontinent. This paper discusses how cultural factors can influence the clinical course of some dermatologic problems and reviews the cultural dimension of some common skin conditions in India, including vitiligo, facial hypermelanosis, acne, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and leprosy. The paper illustrates some examples of the contributions of a patient's cultural values, beliefs, and practices to the biopsychosocial model of psychosomatic skin disorders.</p>
PY - 2013
SP - 62
EP - 5
T2 - Clinics in dermatology
TI - Role of cultural factors in the biopsychosocial model of psychosomatic skin diseases: an Indian perspective.
VL - 31
SN - 1879-1131
ER -