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In patients with physical disease, alexithymia\u2019s prevalence reaches up to 63%. Additionally, alexithymia is associated with worse outcomes and heightened psychosocial comorbidities. <b><i>Objective:<\/i><\/b> This review continues where an earlier review (Willemsen, 2008) left off to (1) clarify alexithymia\u2019s prevalence in dermatology patients and (2) further investigate alexithymia\u2019s impact on disease burden, psychosocial comorbidities, and treatment. <b><i>Methods:<\/i><\/b> Systematic searches on alexithymia and dermatologic conditions were conducted using PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, and Web of Science databases from March 8, 2021, to March 12, 2021. Data from eligible publications, which were full-text, clinical studies published after September 1, 2008, and available in English, were extracted by two medical students and summarized. <b><i>Results:<\/i><\/b> Despite a small number of publications (<i>n<\/i> = 37), data showed a markedly greater prevalence and severity of alexithymia in patients with alopecia, vitiligo, psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, atopic dermatitis, chronic idiopathic urticaria, and primary focal hyperhidrosis compared to healthy controls. Further, data consistently demonstrate a complex interplay between alexithymia, disease burden, and psychosocial comorbidity. <b><i>Conclusions:<\/i><\/b> Identifying and addressing alexithymia in dermatology patients may improve treatment outcomes, associated comorbidities, and health-related quality of life. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1159\/000524736","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,30]],"date-time":"2022-05-30T21:00:32Z","timestamp":1653944432000},"page":"1120-1129","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Alexithymia and Cutaneous Disease Morbidity: A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.1159","volume":"238","author":[{"given":"Alexis","family":"Holmes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5759-0679","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pooja","family":"Marella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Rodriguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0866-770X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Donald","family":"Glass, II","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katharina S.","family":"Goerlich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"127","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpsychores.2020.109940"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1515\/physio-2014-0010"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1359105312454908"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/NDT.S94600"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/00015555-3161"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.psychres.2014.03.029"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/00015555-1012"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2020.00836"}],"container-title":["Dermatology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/Pdf\/524736","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/Pdf\/524736","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,23]],"date-time":"2025-04-23T14:56:21Z","timestamp":1745420181000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/karger.com\/article\/doi\/10.1159\/000524736"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"references-count":8,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,3]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,7]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1159\/000524736","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{"is-supplemented-by":[{"id-type":"doi","id":"10.6084\/m9.figshare.19923101","asserted-by":"subject"}]},"ISSN":["1018-8665","1421-9832"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1018-8665","type":"print"},{"value":"1421-9832","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022]]}}}