[Pediatric psychotherapy within the scope of dermatology]

The possibilities of psychotherapy of children with psychosomatic skin diseases on an outpatient basis are reported. Twenty children in their pre-school and school years were treated over a period of one to two years using conversational therapy and the Sceno test (from G. v. Staabs). The results underline the necessity of identification and working up of conflicts in order to prevent recurrences or shifting of the disease.