As consultants in child psychiatry to the Dermatological service of a large pediatric hospital, the authors, like other clinicians, think that psychological factors have an effect upon the course of atopic dermatitis.
They present the case of a child showing the existence of three important psychological factors. These are a closed parents-child relationship, conflict around aggressiveness and the meaning of somatic regressions.
Finally, while referring to the literature, they discuss the way these factors might operate in the course of the disease.
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