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nd even anti-anxiety drugs. For one woman, it did wonders. Mary O’Leary was a patient that had so many plantar warts on one foot, it was painful for her to stand all day in the operating room. Her dermatologist prescribed antiviral creams, but nothing helped until she met Ted A. Grossbart, an assistant clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School who specializes in skin problems. ''I spent months learning self-hypnosis,'' Ms. O'Leary said. She visualized her immune cells fighting off the virus and imagined healthy skin replacing the warts. She believed the process was bizarre and amazing, yet it worked. These 3 categories of psychodermatologic disorders, psychophysiologic disorders, primary psychiatric disorders and secondary

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