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- Authors: Charles A. James
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Psoriasis is a life-long chronic autoimmune disease characterized by thick scaly skin lesions and often associated with severe arthritis. In psoriasis, lesions skin cells, keratinocytes, grow too quickly, resulting in thick, white, silvery or red patches on skin. Normal skin cells grow gradually and flake off about every four weeks, but psoriasis causes new skin cells to move rapidly to the surface of the skin in days rather than weeks. Psoriasis symptoms often appear on the elbows, scalp, feet, knees, hands, or lower back, or as flaking or patches on the skin. It is most common in adults, but teenagers and children can also suffer from psoriasis.
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This psychiatric nursing textbook combines authors with years of psychiatric nursing experience sharing evidence based practice organized around the central skill that distinguishes psychiatric nurses, the interpersonal relationship.After reading this text students and others using it as a reference will come away with a new appreciation for the power of the therapeutic use of self in their work with patients.
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