Dr. Cordoro also made an impassioned plea for clinicians to address the significant psychosocial comorbidity present in psoriatic children.
"You can think about obesity, psoriasis, and depression as being reciprocal exacerbating factors, such that each triggers the other and represents an insult to self-esteem and the overall well-being of these patients," she said. "They end up having high stress levels and really dismal quality of life. These issues are as important in the management of the child as the medical considerations."
Dr. Becker, her coauthors, and Dr. Cordoro reported having no relevant financial disclosures.