Psychotherapy and Neurotic Excoriations

Abstract

During the period from 1979 to 1985, 22 patients with the primary forms of neurotic excoriations (NE) accepted referral to the author. Twenty of them completed a psychotherapy program which was eclectic in form and allowed for individual weighting of its single elements. At the follow-up, on average after 5 years, valid evidence was found of a positive effect of goal-directed psychotherapy in NE patients.