PSYCH 153: Psychocutaneous Disorders

Clinical Deep Dives · Oct 15, 2026 · 55m · transcript

how visible skin disease can reshape identity, relationships and mental health.

Episode Description

Medlock Holmes enters The Gallery of the Skin, an unusual medical chamber lined entirely with mirrors.

Unlike the hidden organs of the body, the skin cannot easily conceal its illness.

A lesion may be painful or itchy - but it can also be seen.

A scar can change appearance.

Hair loss can change identity.

Acne can transform adolescence.

Psoriasis can affect intimacy.

And an itch can provoke scratching that produces further inflammation, which creates still more itch.

Holmes quickly discovers why…