depression & anxiety articles ↓
December 23rd, 2009, by David Pascoe | depression & anxiety
Does coping with rosacea sometimes get you down ? Finding good advice on how to cope with the anxiety of rosacea can be hard to find. Well now you have an opportunity to ask some questions of experts. Psychology Question and Answer session Professor Peter Drummond, Ph.D., from the School of Psychology at Murdoch University …
July 11th, 2008, by David Pascoe | depression & anxiety
In the past there hasn’t been a lot of research into the relationship between rosacea and mental health. Many rosacea sufferers know that there is a strong relationship between their symptoms and how they feel about themselves. This abstract mentions some research comparing rosacea sufferers with people without any facial lesions. They found that the …
May 23rd, 2008, by David Pascoe | clinical trials, depression & anxiety, flushing, research
In November 2006 I blogged about taking part in some research at Murdoch University investigating the relationship between stress and the flushing of rosacea. Recently the researcher, Daphne Su, has thanked the trial participants by circulating a summary document. The research has been written up as a thesis so this summary was a short description of some the …
June 8th, 2007, by David Pascoe | depression & anxiety
What a terribly sad story. Rosacea can be an all consuming disease and there is definitely a danger in becoming obsessed with your skin. The struggle to look normal can be too much for some.
Please everyone realize that other people really aren’t as interested or worried about your skin as you are. If you feel you aren’t coping with your anxiety or …
March 13th, 2007, by David Pascoe | depression & anxiety, ocular rosacea
No real surprises here – this study finding that ocular rosacea affects sufferers’ quality of life. Quality of life impact of ocular rosacea, Tanya Dannemann, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, United States; Kimberly Nicholson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Justin Estaris, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Suephy Chen, MD, MS, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States Many people with rosacea …