Citation

Hilsabeck RC, Malek-Ahmadi P. J. Psychopathol. Behav. Assess. 2004; 26(3): 203-210.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/B:JOBA.0000022113.60976.4a

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus is a major public health concern in the United States and worldwide, and persons with psychiatric histories are more likely to have chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Neurobehavioral consequences of CHC are common in all phases of the disease process and significantly contribute to morbidity. Antiviral treatment also is associated with neurobehavioral difficulties that can interfere with successful completion of treatment and result in fewer patients clearing the virus. Fatigue, depression, cognitive dysfunction, and anxiety are the most common neuropsychiatric symptoms reported by patients with CHC regardless of treatment status. Behavioral health care professionals can play a vital role in decreasing the personal and societal burden of CHC by being active members of the treatment team and by furthering knowledge of how to manage neurobehavioral correlates of CHC.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; human; Anxiety; Depression; suicide; Fatigue; quality of life; depression; liver biopsy; drug use; kidney failure; liver transplantation; mood disorder; patient education; morbidity; review; fatigue; mental disease; antidepressant agent; cognitive defect; anxiety disorder; sleep disorder; interferon; benzodiazepine; hepatitis C; irritability; side effect; symptom; Hepatitis C virus; ribavirin; correlation analysis; blood transfusion; modafinil; liver cirrhosis; antivirus agent; Cognitive dysfunction; genotype; HCV; liver cell carcinoma; neurological complication; virus load