| Autor: |
Yovtcheva SP; Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia/Roanoke-Salem Psychiatric Medicine Program, Salem, VA, USA., Rifai MA, Moles JK, Van der Linden BJ |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Psychosomatics [Psychosomatics] 2001 Sep-Oct; Vol. 42 (5), pp. 411-5. |
| DOI: |
10.1176/appi.psy.42.5.411 |
| Abstrakt: |
This study assessed the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among hepatitis C patients at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Medical records of 306 randomly selected hepatitis C-positive patients were reviewed for past and present DSM-IV-based psychiatric disorders. Each psychiatric diagnosis was independently confirmed with DSM-IV criteria using symptoms recorded in the chart. Only independently confirmed diagnoses were included for analysis. Mood disorders were present in 38% of patients; personality disorders in 30%; PTSD in 19%; other anxiety disorders in 9%; and psychotic disorders in 17%. Although alcohol use disorders were found in 86% of this patient population, intravenous drug use disorders were present in only 28%. Our data indicate that prevalence rates of a variety of psychiatric disorders are higher in veterans with hepatitis C than in the general population. Mood, anxiety, personality, and psychotic disorders were all relatively common in these patients. Psychiatric disorders may influence the course and treatment of hepatitis C infection, and psychiatrists as well as internists should be aware of the substantial psychiatric comorbidity in patients with this infection. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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