Background: There is a significant co-morbidity between dermatological disorders and psychiatric. It has been estimated that in at least one-third of patients with skin diseases, their effective management involves consideration of associated psychiatric factors.The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric diagnosis in vitiligo and chronic urticaria patients.  

Method: The sample was composed of 50 vitiligo and 50 chronic urticaria patients recruited from dermatology outpatient clinics of four major hospitals in Istanbul. We applied the sociodemographical data form, The Turkish version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Mental Disorders (SCID-I). SPSS for Windows 10.0 package programme, Ki-square analysis and Fisher-Exact Test were used for statistical analysis  

Results: The mean age of vitiligo group was 35.82±12.56, chronic urticaria group was 38.66±10.61. The rates of dysthymic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder were found higher in the chronic urticaria group (respectively % 46, % 30) than vitiligo group (respectively % 26, % 6) (p<0.05), but the other diagnoses in SCID-I were not statistically different between patients (p>0.05). But the number of SCID-I diagnoses in vitiligo  group were higher than chronic urticaria group in spite of unsignificant statistical evaluations.