Psicodermatología en la Atención Primaria

Autores/as

  • Felipe da Costa Llanos Servicio de Salud Arauco. CESFAM Tirúa.
  • Diego Lira E. Servicio de Salud Arauco. CESFAM Tirúa.
  • Francisco Moscoso P. Servicio de Salud Arauco. CESFAM Los Álamos.

Resumen

The skin has the distinction of being the largest, visible and accessible part of the human body, and it hides a close and old relationship with the human psyche, and so has been demonstrated in the last years, where more elements of the Mental Health are elucidated playing a role in the pathogenesis of skin diseases, as well as there are some descriptions of the inverse relationship, this is, on how the skin diseases affect Mental Health of the individual. In this paper we propose to emphasize the importance of the issue, to consider a comprehensive approach to everyday Dermatology in Primary Care Medicine.

Palabras clave:

Dermatología, Atención Primaria de Salud, Enfermedades de la Piel/psicología, Trastornos Mentales