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Stress and Atopic Dermatitis

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Although stress is a potent trigger factor in atopic dermatitis, the experience of chronic atopic dermatitis can be profoundly stressful in itself. The Combined Approach is a psychodermatological programme for atopic dermatitis that brings together optimal topical treatment with habit reversal to successfully treat habitual scratching, the main cause of chronic atopic dermatitis. The easy-to-use programme is both cost-effective and stress-relieving, and can be considered for atopic dermatitis resistant to standard treatment before either phototherapy or systemic treatments.

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  1. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Christopher Bridgett MD

  2. Department of Dermatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Peter Norén MD

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  1. Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare e Rigenerativa Department of Dermatology, UniversitĂ  degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy

    Katlein França

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Saginaw, Michigan, USA

    Mohammad Jafferany

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Bridgett, C., Norén, P. (2017). Stress and Atopic Dermatitis. In: França, K., Jafferany, M. (eds) Stress and Skin Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46352-0_12

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