CASE REPORT
Year : 2017 | Volume
: 22 | Issue : 2 | Page : 126--128
Dermatitis artefacta: A consequence of self-mutilating behavior in a girl with intellectual disability
Anamika Das1, Sujita Kumar Kar1, Priyadarshini Sahu2
1 Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
Correspondence Address:
Sujita Kumar Kar
Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
Intellectual disability (mental retardation) is a common mental health morbidity, worldwide. These groups of individuals are often a neglected cluster in the society. Intellectual disability often disables their ability to express their needs and distress, which becomes more evident with increasing severity of intellectual disability. Individuals with intellectual disability may show challenging behaviors such as self-injurious behavior. Dermatitis artefacta may result from repeated self-injurious behavior, which may mimic with various dermatologic conditions. Improvement in self-injurious behavior may bring improvement in the skin lesions.
How to cite this article:
Das A, Kar SK, Sahu P. Dermatitis artefacta: A consequence of self-mutilating behavior in a girl with intellectual disability.J Mental Health Hum Behav 2017;22:126-128
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Das A, Kar SK, Sahu P. Dermatitis artefacta: A consequence of self-mutilating behavior in a girl with intellectual disability. J Mental Health Hum Behav [serial online] 2017 [cited 2023 Mar 26 ];22:126-128
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