PERSONALITY FACTORS IN ADULT ATOPIC ECZEMA

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Abstract
THIS STUDY represents a collaborative effort between dermatologist and psychiatric team to study the personality and adjustment problems of adults with atopic eczema. Effort has been directed toward eliminating a selection factor prevalent in many other studies, that of grouping together a congeries of clinical syndromes under the general heading of "neurodermatitis." The cases studied in this series have met rigorous dermatological criteria for the diagnosis of atopic eczema. The purpose of this study has been to determine whether 30 patients with a similar dermatological disorder have in common significant personality attributes, prevalent emotional conflicts, and situational pressures, and whether these phenomena are associated with the occurrence and fluctuation of the eczema. REVIEW OF LITERATURE This dermatologic disorder probably was definitively described originally by Besnier,1 in 1892. He termed it prurigo diathésique. There was a dearth of interest in the subject until the 1920's, when many articles appeared on

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