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Psychological Aspects of Skin Disease

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The Symposium opened with a paper on a patient beliefs by Dr. John Savin. Dr. Savin had conducted patient questionnaires which confirmed the clinical impression that patient’s ideas are not only often absurd, but also may interfere with treatment. The only way to try and alter patient ideas is to counter them with more patient education.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, Great Britain

    J. A. Cotterill (Chairman)

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    E. Panconesi (Co-Chairman), M. G. Sarti, A. Cossidente & M. Sarti

  3. Department of Dermatology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, FR Germany

    S. Borelli

  4. The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Great Britain

    J. A. Savin

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    C. Koblenzer

  6. Lancaster, Great Britain

    R. Seville

  7. Clinique Tarnier, Paris, France

    S. Consoli

  8. University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    M. Polenghi, C. Gala, G. Canu, P. Pigatto, F. Altomare & A. Finzi

  9. Department of Dermatology of Marburg, Marburg, FR Germany

    V. Gieler, U. Stangier & M. Seidel

  10. John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Great Britain

    T. Ryan

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  1. Universitäts-Hautklinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Federal Republic of Germany

    Constantin E. Orfanos (CMD — Scientific Secretariat), Rudolf Stadler (CMD — Scientific Secretariat) & Harald Gollnick (CMD — Scientific Secretariat) (CMD — Scientific Secretariat),  (CMD — Scientific Secretariat) &  (CMD — Scientific Secretariat)

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Cotterill, J.A. et al. (1988). Psychological Aspects of Skin Disease. In: Orfanos, C.E., Stadler, R., Gollnick, H. (eds) Dermatology in Five Continents. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83360-1_58

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