Acne vulgaris usually causes psychological distress, depression, and anxiety disorders that may impair neurocognitive functions such as memory, attention, psychomotor speed, and executive functions, which are also common psychiatric disorders in patients with acne.

The purpose of this study is to determine cognitive functioning in treatment naive acne patients, without a history of any psychiatric disorder.

Inclusion Criteria:

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Exclusion Criteria:

The participants that had a symptom or a history of mental retardation (IQ < 70), serious head trauma, seizures or any other mental disorder, and participants on any medical treatment will be excluded. Participants with a family history (first degree relatives) of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder will also be excluded to avoid the negative effect of these disorders on cognitive functions. The same exclusion criteria will also be applied to the control group.

Acne patients referred to the dermatology outpatient clinic of our university and healthy controls matched with the patient group for age, gender and years of education. Controls will be taken from the general population