The Internet is the first and most comfortable source of information for more and more people. Patients who use the psoriasis network should understand their illness. We want to empower them to confidently and calmly manage their illness. If they are serious about their illness and the treatment options, they can face the doctor as a "mature patient". They understand his therapy suggestions, can co-decide and responsibly support the treatment (compliance). Well-informed patients will ask critical questions and develop their own therapy ideas.

The information provided in the psoriasis network aims to ensure that patients always include the doctor, pharmacist or other expert on important issues. Only together with the doctor will they be able to determine what the disease is. No one should start, stop or change treatment without medical advice. Many psoriatics (40 percent are assumed) do not go to a doctor at all. We want to encourage them to continue their medical care despite futile attempts at therapy.

Our Internet portal is also intended to help users cope with their chronic illness in everyday life. This is helped by the contact and the exchange of experience with other stakeholders. The Psoriasis Network has never been a one-page information platform. The users were always alive and actively involved: in the forum , in chat and in blogs .

Everyone who reads in the forum or in a blog can read it afterwards. Anyone who goes to a self-help group can only exchange information with those present. Who buys a book depends on the knowledge of the authors. The Internet preserves the wealth of experience of many stakeholders and makes it accessible to others at any time. It's not just about the "right" therapy. Everything that employs people who communicate with peers is allowed. Always under the critical eye of volunteer administrators.

The internet is increasingly used for self-help. We encourage this digital self-help from below because it appeals to a large number of patients. There will be unpaid officials or paid content in the psoriasis network.

The psoriasis network is not neutral. We represent (alone) the legitimate concerns of patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. After all, the makers of this Internet portal are affected by it.

against unjustified political decisions
against intimidating attempts by the social security agencies
against false promises of salvation
against interest-oriented therapy suggestions.
The future of self-help is on the internet. The future of our self-help should be the psoriasis network.

The psoriasis network wants to contribute to a relevant, responsible and "informed" opinion formation in society.

Who is this website intended for?
The psoriasis network is aimed

• to people with psoriasis and / or psoriatic arthritis,
• to their relatives and acquaintances
• to the general public

What do you find here?

• Background information on current topics and news
• Information about new insights from medicine and research
• Information about new medicines or treatment methods