Psychocutaneous medicine deals with a group of troublesome diseases, but it is also an inclusive approach that sees each patient in a biopsychosocial matrix. Despite the acknowledged importance of this subject, there is no organized approach to teaching it. Lectures and textbooks are helpful, but physicians learn best by clinical experience. A liaison clinic established in each training program, in which the psychologist or psychiatrist is fully integrated into the dermatology department, would be an important step forward.

THE PROBLEM

Dermatologists are aware of the interrelationships between the skin and nervous system. This awareness begins with the knowledge that skin and nerve arise from common ground in the embryo. Later, after we have gained clinical experience, we are able to see the psychosocial . . . [Full Text of this Article]