Communication and Intersection between Human Mind and Skin

Philosophy of mind had come across when philosophers had an idea of the concepts regarding the human mind and its mysteries. This branch of psychology had intended to elaborate and study the nature and aspects of the human mind, also how these concepts such as mental events, mental functions and consciousness would connect to each other, through the human brain and body. Philosophy of mind became one of the central areas of philosophy as the skills and abilities of metalizing are used to treat individuals as the bearers of unobservable psychological states and processes, and in order to anticipate and explain the individual’s behavior in terms of states.

It started on my face to my neck to my back and practically anywhere where I noticed any imperfection whether it be a small raised bump to a pimple. I scratch and dig to “remove the imperfection.” Yes I know you might be thinking to yourself, “Wait Kelly, if you wanted to remove the imperfection you wouldn’t want it to be worse.” I have probably heard that phrase more times than my own name. In the mind of someone like myself who has this condition you want to remove anything that creates an imperfection or that would be considered ugly and you try to make it perfect again and get anything bad out. I found out that there is an actual condition that is what I described called “dermatillomania.” Dermatillomania by definition: “The primary characteristic of Skin Picking Disorder (also known as Dermatillomania or Excoriation) is the repetitive picking at one's own skin to the extent of causing damage. Usually, but not always, the face is the primary location for skin picking. However, Skin Picking Disorder may involve any part of the body.” This is something that happens to me on a daily basis. I will either be in the bathroom or lying in my bed. Currently, I have terrible skin damage, with a high chance it will be infected soon, on my butt. I had broke out my butt and that’s when it started to become an obsessive habit. Just like any other spot on my body, I began picking at it. I will pick at it until I can feel myself tearing off the skin and can

The individual with trichotillomania will often display an increase in tension or stress, immediately prior to pulling hair. They will also have a display of gratification or pleasure as well as relief during and after pulling out the hair.

The foundation behind Morgellons disease has developed a working case with seven common signs and symptoms for the diagnosis. Some of these include skin lesions, cutaneous movement sensations, “filaments” in or on skin lesions, emotional effects and more. A big basis of Morgellons disease is that the patients with the disease are suffering from psychiatric problems. These mental problems are a big cause of making the disease more “serious” and causes more emotional effects and delusions of parasitosis. Morgellons disease is one in the same as delusions of parasitosis. “Murase et al. (7) described Morgellons as a potential rapport-enhancing, trust-building title for delusions of parasitosis that enables doctor and patient to communicate more

Nambudiri (2015) takes the readers on a journey of a boy that had a skin disorder. The boy in the article started noticing lesions on the palms of his hands and soles of his feet, but was not sure what they were. When the lesions turned into papular eruptions, the boy went into urgent care to get inspected. Since the doctor was not sure what the skin disorder was, they took multiple tests, for which all of them came back negative. A skin biopsy finally let the patient know that he had a skin disorder called guttate psoriasis. The disorder was treated with topical steroid cream and topical calcipotriol.

Does teaching the benefits of skin to skin contact and breastfeeding at prenatal visits increase the practice of skin to skin contact post-delivery and have an improvement in breastfeeding practices?

In fact, psychological problems in this regard assume a physical form and emerge as various disorders such as pain disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis, and somatoform disorders (Kring et al, 2007). Hypochondriasis is a disorder which is determined based on a meaningful phobia of catching a serious illness or thinking of catching it due to erroneous interpretation of one or more of physical symptoms. Mental preoccupation with illness, despite frequent reassurances and accurate medical evaluations, continues for at least six months and creates significant anxiety and insolvency in various social and professional fields and other areas (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).

Trichotillomania is classified as an impulse control or obsessive compulsive disorder and is characterized by a feeling of tension followed by relief after pulling out the hair [10]. Trichophagia has been linked to childhood neglect or abuse, mental retardation, bereavement, and psychiatric disorders [11]. The mainstay of management is habit reversal therapy although no formal guidelines for treatment have been established [6,10,11,14]. A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or clomipramine may be added depending on the individual effectiveness of behavioral therapy or the presence of comorbid depression, anxiety, or obsessive compulsive disorder [10,11,14]. Parental counseling is typically included and is important in preventing relapses [6]. Our case exemplifies the importance of psychiatric follow-up and parental counseling as an integral aspect of longterm relapse prevention. The prognosis is excellent and the likelihood of recurrence is low if psychiatric follow-up is maintained

It is considered moderate-to-severe if it involves >5% of body area or involves crucial body regions, which include hands, feet, face, and genitals.4, 8 Family history is prevalent in 1/3 of patients with psoriasis.6 Additionally, there are many environmental triggers of psoriasis, including smoking, stress, cold weather, alcohol abuse, and drugs such as beta blockers, lithium, NSAIDs, and tetracyclines.8 Though psoriasis is primarily known as a skin and joint condition, it can also increase the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer, lymphoma, and cardiovascular disease.6 Psoriasis also has implications in a patient’s social and mental

Excoriation disorder is relatively common, but little research has been done to evaluate the best and most effective course of treatment to control and/or eliminate the disease (Oliveira, Leppink, Derbyshire, & Grant, 2015). Due to the lack of research concerning skin picking disorder and the disease’s effects on the mind and body, it is important for psychiatric nurses to familiarize themselves with both the

A high percentage of psoriasis patients, exhibit general psychiatric morbidity compared with patients who have other skin diseases

It is a common dermatologic disorder that often goes undetected and untreated where the body does not shed their excess skin cells, but instead the skin cells pile up on the surface of the skin, causing thick red plaques covered with silvery scales. Psoriasis may look contagious, but it's not. When the immune system functions properly, the system protects the body against any “invaders” that might make you sick, such as bacteria, viruses or other pathogens. But in people with psoriasis, the immune system goes into action even without these invaders. Instead, the immune system fights the body’s own tissues. Although it is a genetic condition, stress can have an impact on the immune system as well and doctors have long suspected a link between stress and psoriasis. According to Psychodermatology: A Guide to Understanding Common Psychocutaneous Disorders, stress has been reported in 44% of patients prior to the initial flare of psoriasis, and recurrent flares have been attributed to stress in up to 80% of individuals. Early onset psoriasis before age 40 may be more easily triggered by stress than late onset disease, and patients who self-report high levels of psychologic stress may have more severe skin and joint

For example, acne is common in adolescents and it poses a considerable impact on emotional health in this age group such as the problem with coping, low self-esteem, social isolation, and suicide ideation. Because of this, the skin disorders make patient’s condition unique. As healthcare personnel, we need to provide care and support to patient

Headache = Tumor. Cough = Tuberculosis. Mole = Skin Cancer. Such is the thought process of a hypochodriac. As defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV (DSM-IV), hypochondriasis is an unrealistic interpretation of one's bodily sensations as abnormal, leading to the fear and belief that one has a serious disease (1). This preoccupation with having a serious medical condition is one of the somatoform disorders and may be considered more as a symptom than a disease. In fact, hypochondriacal symptoms often appear as a part of other mental disorders, including forms of depression or schizophrenia (2). For this reason, a close investigation of hypochondriacal behavior is necessary to

The mind (soul) and the body can be apart somehow. You trust something in your soul even the things you trust does not exist, and you trust how thing is when you see it by how it is. Now I am giving example of three philosophers to show how they debate about mind and soul.