Acne vulgar e bem-estar em acadêmicos de medicina

background - psychiatric comorbidity is observed in 40% of adult dermatological patients. acne vulgaris, in particular, is in the interest of psychodermatology because of its psychological and social stigmas. objective - to establish the relation between acne and the state of well-being. methods - this consisted of a case-control study with data collected from the world health organization well-being index, through interviews with two groups of 50 medical students, one with and other without acne. results - it was verified that 26% of the students from the case group and 24% from the control group presented from 0 to 4 points in at least one item. conclusions - although the majority of the patients presented attitudes and feelings related to acne, a statistically significant association between this dermatosis and low level of well-being was not demonstrated.