@entity3520 ( @entity3520 ), characterized by excessive scratching or picking of the skin, is not yet recognized as a symptom of a distinct @entity74 . It is a @entity102 with a high rate of @entity146 comorbidity. The purpose of this study was to compare @entity1 diagnosed with @entity3520 and @entity1 with another @entity66 in terms of comorbid @entity146 . Thirty-one consecutive subjects were recruited from an outpatient dermatology clinic. The control group was composed of 31 @entity1 with chronic @entity110 . All subjects were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R ( @entity915 -I), Beck @entity308 Inventory (BDI), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), and Yale-Brown Obsession and Compulsion Scale (Y-BOCS) and also completed a semistructured questionnaire. Current major @entity308 was the most common @entity146 in the @entity3520 group. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of current major @entity308 ( @entity3520 group 58.1%, control group 6.5%, P<.01). In the @entity3520 group, 45.2% of subjects were diagnosed with @entity3119 ( @entity3119 ), while the rate of @entity3119 was only 3.7% in the control group (P <.01). The @entity3520 group scored significantly higher on the BDI, HARS, and Y-BOCS. The results of this study point to the close relationship of @entity3520 to @entity308 and @entity3119 .

The relation of psychogenic excoriation with XXXX : a comparative study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'depression', 'depressive syndrome'] @entity3520 :: ('MESH:D020821', 'Disease') :: ['Psychogenic excoriation', 'PE'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['dermatological disease'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'psychiatric disorders', 'psychiatric disorder'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic disorder'] @entity915 :: ('MESH:D053632', 'Disease') :: ['SCID'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['DSM-IV disorder'] @entity3119 :: ('MESH:D009771', 'Disease') :: ['OCD', 'obsessive compulsive disorder'] @entity110 :: ('MESH:D014581', 'Disease') :: ['urticaria']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychiatric disorders']
