This book provides valuable information to increase confidence in proper, effective management of patients with psychodermatolic conditions. Patients with psychocutaneous disease may present to multiple professionals to seek care. The multidimensional nature of the conditions can lead to specialists being fearful of how to properly manage patients. With the information provided in this book, healthcare providers can increase their comfort and become less hesitant when making decisions determining the proper treatment course and assessing the need for referral.
Due to the cross-disciplinary nature of this topic, this book will have a large target audience:
- Healthcare providers from multiple diverse fields such as, but not limited to, family medicine, dermatology, and psychiatry.
- Dermatologists, Psychiatrists, general practitioners, dermatology and psychiatry residents, physician’s assistants, nurses, psychologists,and medical students with exposure to patients with psychocutaneous conditions and/or a special interest in the field may also benefit from the presented material.
- Professors, educators, and researchers with an interest in psychodermatology or interdisciplinary medicine
The Handbook of Psychodermatology will be a powerful resource as an aid in creating coursework material for undergraduate medical students specifically for psychiatry and/or dermatology lectures. In addition, it will be useful to graduate medical education teams creating curriculums for incoming residents in psychiatry, dermatology, family medicine, and pediatrics
Dr. Mohammad Jafferany is Clinical Professor at Central Michigan University and Director Psychosomatic Consultation and Liaison Services. He has combined training in Dermatology and Psychiatry. He is Executive Secretary of Association for Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America. He has more than 150 scholarly texts and publications to his credit on various psychodermatologic topics. He is the co-editor and author of books on Pediatric Psychodermatology, Geriatric Psychodermatology, Stress and skin disorders, Trichotillomania and coauthored a book "Essentials of Psychodermatology" and authored a handbook on Psychocutaneous Medicine in Russian and Turkish languages. He has written numerous chapters on psychocutaneous disorders in many textbooks. He has conducted International Psychodermatology workshops and Master Courses on Psychodermatology in different parts of the world. He is a researcher, writer, lecturer, and invited speaker in various national and international conferences around the world where he speaks on Psychodermatology. Psychiatric aspects of hair disease and skin picking are his areas of interest and expertise.
