Vestn Dermatol Venerol. 1989 ; (7): 34-7.

[Comparative analysis of the clinical effectiveness of reflexotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy in the treatment of neurotic disorders in dermatology patients]

Samsonov VA, Zhukova IK.

Comparative studies on the efficacy of a multiple-modality treatment of patients with chronic dermatoses (atopic dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis), including reflexotherapy (RT) and drug psychotherapy (DPT), have shown high clinical efficacy of RT in cases with hysterical and moderately expressed anxiety-depressive disorders and of DPT in pronounced depressive hypochondriac disturbances. Unlike DPT, RT has not been associated with side effects. Clinical results have been confirmed by the data of comprehensive clinical and psychological examinations of the patients in the course of treatment.