In a new University of Manchester study, people with psoriatic arthritis have told researchers about the condition's deeply damaging mental effects and how healthcare services failed to prepare them for its reality.
In the study, published in the journal Rheumatology, the researchers interviewed 24 people with this type of arthritis that develops in 7-48 percent of people with the skin condition psoriasis. It causes painfully inflamed joints and, in many cases, associated mental health problems for those who develop it.
The study found that the participants sometimes thought of suicide or drank excessive amounts of alcohol as a result of their condition.
