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Psychiatric Aspects of Liver Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ian Collis  and
Geoffrey Lloyd
Ian Collis*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG
Geoffrey Lloyd
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG
*
∗ Correspondence
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This paper reviews the literature on the effects of liver disease on mental health, a topic which has been relatively neglected in the recent psychiatric literature. It discusses both the encephalopathy which may be associated with liver disease of almost any type and the psychological consequences of specific liver disorders. Also considered are the effects of liver disease on sexual function; the relationship between alcohol and hepatic disorder in causing mental disturbance; the effects of childhood liver disease; psychiatric aspects of liver transplantation; and the use of psychotropic drugs in patients with hepatic dysfunction.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 12 - 22
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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