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Psoriasis in Adolescents Takes a Toll on Mental Health

Investigators used Danish data to determine whether adolescents with psoriasis experience worse mental health than those without psoriasis.

Autoimmune Disease Has a Wide-ranging, Complex Impact on Work Productivity

A cross-sectional study compared work productivity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis/spondyloarthritis and found that even patients in remission or with mild disease activity report some burden of presenteeism, work productivity loss, or activity impairment.

Psoriasis: One Treatment Failure May Overshadow a Subsequent Successful One

South Korean researchers found that adult patients who have failed a prior biologic therapy for their psoriasis perceive their quality of life to be significantly lower than those who had not.