PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | mental depression |
| Phenotype | C0042900|vitiligo |
| Sentences | 4 |
| PubMedID- 24517036 | Prevalence of depression in vitiligo patients. |
| PubMedID- 22110329 | 80 the prevalence of depression in vitiligo patients was 39% in a recent quality of life study.81 cognitive-behavioral therapy may help reduce the depression.82 hypnosis can also help to reframe the patient’s perspective on their depigmented lesions, lessening secondary depression. |
| PubMedID- 24371393 | Sampogna et al.7 reported that the prevalence of depression in vitiligo patients was higher than that of the general western white population. |
| PubMedID- 24130933 | Moreover, depigmenting diseases, such as vitiligo, can lead to depression and similar mood disorders in patients who are stigmatized for their hypopigmentary condition. |
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