Prevalence and characteristics of body dysmorphic disorder in Arab dermatology patients.

Objectives:   To explore how prevalent body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is among Arab dermatology patients and what characteristics of  patients are associated with it.

Methods:   A total of 497 patients from the dermatology outpatient clinic at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, participated in this cross-sectional study conducted between October and December 2018. We asked the patients about their demographic and clinical characteristics, and then asked them to complete a dermatology-based self-report BDD questionnaire.

Clinicopathological concordance in the diagnosis of skin diseases: a retrospective analysis of 5000 histopathology reports.

Background: The accuracy of clinical diagnoses of skin diseases has not been researched in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: Assess concordance between the histopathological and clinical diagnosis in skin diseases.

Design: Retrospective.

The Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Arab Dermatology Patients.

Background: Psychiatric disorders are common among patients with physical illnesses.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression in Arab dermatology patients and to study its association with the patients' characteristics.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 875 patients attending the Dermatology Clinic at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.