Daphne Su, a Doctor of Psychology Candidate at Murdoch University is looking for people to help her with some reasearch into the affects of stress and anxiety on rosacea. Her supervisor is Dr. Peter Drummond who is known to us as being a member of the new defunct RRF Medical Advisory Committee. We have quoted Dr. Drummond in the past in the Rosacea Highlights: rosacea ETS comments and warnings.
Please do help Daphne if you can.
Dear all,I’m Daphne, a Doctor of Psychology Student at Murdoch University in Western Australia investigating the relationship between stress and subtype 1 of rosacea (chronic facial flushing) under the supervision of Dr. Peter Drummond.
A couple of months ago, I enquired if rosacea sufferers encounter issues with stress and anxiety on this forum. I understand that rosacea sufferers often have to make lifestyle changes to cope with the disorder, but little formal assistance is provided. My study is interested in understanding how our skin might react to different stimulus as well as if psychological intervention (e.g. stress management strategies, relaxation..etc) will assist rosacea sufferers to better manage with this disorder.
Therefore, you are invited to participate in an study at Murdoch University to investigate the impact of blushing on rosacea and whether psychological treatment will assist in managing the symptoms of rosacea. It is anticipated that first part of the study, to investigate changes in skin blood flow in rosacea, will take no more than two hrs to complete. You may also be invited to participate in the treatment phase, where free psychological assistance will be provided to better cope with the distressing aspects of rosacea. This part of the study will involve filling out a daily diary of symptoms and attending Murdoch Psychology Clinic once/week for 12 weeks.
I’m pretty flexible with timings and welcome any enquires or interest in participation regarding this study.
Please feel free to contact myself, Daphne Su on email me at d.su@murdoch.edu.au . Alternatively, you can contact my supervisor, Dr. Peter Drummond on +61 08 9360-2415 or email p.drummond@murdoch.edu.au
This research has been approved by the Murdoch University Human Research Ethics Committee.
Thank you,
Daphne Su
Doctor of Psychology Candidate
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1 comment so far ↓
I developed Rosacea many years ago, only a few weeks after giving birth to a child. I had not wanted children. My husband deliberately misused birth control to create a pregnancy. I had grown up in a dysfundtional family, and having a child was torture to me. When I first asked for medical treatment for Rosacea, the doctors in Virginia where I was living knew nothing of the condition and thought that it was caused by some psychological problem. The flushing symptoms stayed with me for years until I moved to Florida and lived in a climate with sea air. Now I am living in my hometown in northwestern South Carolina and the symptoms are all coming back. When the flushing is at its worse, I can’t go out of the house and get quite depressed. If I have to go out and people see me, they stare and make me extremely uncomfortable. I try to avoid all the triggers, take a low dose antibiotic and use one of the new creams. I have seen a small improvment, but the condition is still there. I’ve tried to just be stoic about it. After all, there are much worse problems, but this one has blighted my life and caused me to withdraw from social life when that has been to my detriment. If you have any suggestions, I’d be glad to get them. If there is anything that I can do to hlep with a medical history, you can have that too. I had thought for some time that this problem might be related to sexual functioning – or nonfunctioning. I developed an aversion to sex and learned to have orgasms later in life. I can’t tell if there is any benefit in allaying Rosacea. I don’t have extreme flushing all the time, very little of it during the summer. It seems to be worse in winter when the air is dry and indoor heat is running. There seems to be a link to drinking alcohol (Zut alors!!) so I can’t have that pleasure with my friends and family. Do you know if Rosacea leads to any other illnesses?
Anita T. Monroe
RubatoM@aol.com
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