High frequency of unrecognized mental disorders in HCV-infected patients

Batista-Neves, Susana Carolina; Quarantini, Lucas C.; de Almeida, Amanda Galvão; Bressan, Rodrigo A.; Lacerda, Acioly Luiz; de-Oliveira, Irismar R.; Paraná, Raymundo; Miranda-Scippa, Ângela

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.08.014

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Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 80-82, January 2008

High frequency of unrecognized mental disorders in HCV-infected patients

Susana Carolina Batista-Neves, M.D.
- University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
- These authors contributed equally to this article.
Lucas C. Quarantini, M.D.
- University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
- Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas (LiNC), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Corresponding author. Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Serviço de Psiquiatria, 40110-909 Salvador, BA, Brazil. Tel.: +55 71 3332 3509; fax: +55 11 3332 3509.
- These authors contributed equally to this article.
Amanda Galvão de Almeida, M.D.
- University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
- These authors contributed equally to this article.
Rodrigo A. Bressan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas (LiNC), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Acioly Luiz Lacerda, M.D., Ph.D.
- Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas (LiNC), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Irismar R. de-Oliveira, M.D., Ph.D.
- University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
Raymundo Paraná, M.D., Ph.D.
- University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
Ângela Miranda-Scippa, M.D., Ph.D.
- University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil

Received 20 May 2007; accepted 24 August 2007.

Abstract

Objective

This study indexed the frequency of psychiatric disorders among hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients.

Method

HCV-infected patients treated at a university hospital in the northeastern region of Brazil were evaluated in a cross-sectional study using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

Results

Ninety HCV-infected outpatients were included in the study and 44 (49%) had at least one psychiatric diagnosis. Among the 26 patients (59.1%) with a current psychiatric morbidity, 22 (84.6%) had gone undiagnosed.