ABSTRACT

Psychogenic pruritus, which is derived from a psychogenic/psychiatric basis, is a variety of pruritus; it appears with scratching and/or picking at normal skin and causes to secondary lesions on the skin. It may coexist with some psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis. The distinction from other pruritus varieties poses a clinical challenge to the dermatologist and the psychiatrist. The nosological status, psychiatric comorbidities, diagnostic and therapeutic features of psychogenic pruritus have been evaluated in this article.