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Negative and positive life experiences in patients with psoriasis

It is well known that several psychiatric disorders may be related to childhood psychological trauma. Recent studies have associated childhood exposure to trauma to some skin diseases. Our study aimed at exploring whether psoriasis is related to the reported positive and negative life experiences in different age intervals beginning from early childhood to adulthood. One hundred patients with psoriasis and 101 controls completed a specific questionnaire measuring traumatic life experiences (Traumatic Antecedents Questionnaire, TAQ).The TAQ assesses positive personal experiences (competence and safety) and negative personal experiences (neglect, separation, secrets, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, trauma witnessing, other traumas and exposure to alcohol/drugs) from early childhood to adulthood. Our results demonstrates an incresed history of childhood and adulthood negative traumatic experiences in patients with psoriasis compared to the control group. The amount of positive experiences did not differ significantly among groups, except for safety scores that were higher in controls compared with both psoriatic groups (eary and late onset). Our findings suggest a relationship between retrospectively reported negative traumatic experiences and psoriasis.

Psoriasis; Psychodermatology; Traumatic life events

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