How to Treat Psoriasis from Psychology

Psoriasis is a disease with very visible symptoms that can affect the patient’s self-esteem and personality. Therefore, it is necessary that, in addition to the treatment that

Many physical illnesses or those that have clearly visible manifestations can lead to certain disorders that must be psychologically treated This may be the case of the psoriasis a chronic skin pathology that is characterized by the presence of reddish scaly plaques mainly on the extremities and scalp.

According to various studies, a 2% of the population suffers from psoriasis and, in a 74% of the cases, it affects directly to your self-esteem –It is even determined that 83% of the population that suffers from this disease hides their injuries and avoids all types of activities and sports in which they have to expose the skin, such as, for example, swimming.

Therefore, in addition to the diagnosis and treatments that indicate the dermatologists To mitigate the effects of this pathology, it is important to keep in mind that a psychological treatment or, at least, offer a series of recommendations coming from this medical field can be very effective when it comes to obtaining results.

Thus, various psychiatrists point to the need to, first of all, ensure that the patient incorporate the disease to their own personality, that is, considering it as another aspect of their life that they can also control if they really want to.

In the same way, and as determined by Professor Luis Rojas Marcos, the difference between considering psoriasis and its treatment “as a challenge” instead of how a reason to feel inferior to the rest is key when it comes to assimilating and dominating it.

Rojas Marcos has even recently published a book, Keys to better control of psoriasis -available in pharmacies and primary care centers-, in which it offers tools and all types of strategies in the psychological field and related to behavior that, as specified in its presentation, “if applied they will improve the patient’s emotional state.” .

Photo: Doctor Elena Cardona – Fuente de las Batallas Clinic