Healio (11/14, Kellner) reports, “Patients with atopic dermatitis have an increased likelihood of developing anxiety and depression, according to a poster presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.” In a study, among “respondents seeing an allergist as their primary eczema [clinician], 90.3%…reported experiencing at least 1 day of poor mental health per month. More specifically, 72.6% reported poor mental health symptoms for 1 to 10 days per month, whereas 17.7% reported poor mental health symptoms 11 days or more.”
Related Links:
— “Poor mental health found to be common comorbidity with atopic dermatitis,”Sara Kellner, Healio, November 14, 2023