[Psychiatric aspects of infectious diseases -- a literature review]

Neuropsychopharmacol Hung. 2014 Dec;16(4):181-7.
[Article in Hungarian]

Abstract

It is essential for the psychiatrist working in the consultation-liaison field or with comorbid patients to be familiar with the psychiatric aspects of central nervous infectious diseases or infectious diseases with psychiatric symptoms. Authors have reviewed the most important psychiatric aspects of common infectious diseases. Essential knowledge for setting up a diagnosis and starting appropriate treatment has been summarized. The most important interactions of infectological and psychiatric treatments have also been discussed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System Infections / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Infections / psychology*
  • Central Nervous System Infections / therapy
  • Communicable Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Communicable Diseases / psychology*
  • Communicable Diseases / therapy
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / psychology
  • Drug Interactions
  • Encephalitis / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis / psychology
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis
  • HIV Infections / psychology
  • Hepatitis B / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis B / psychology
  • Hepatitis C / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis C / psychology
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease / psychology
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Mental Disorders / etiology*
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / psychology*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / therapy
  • Syphilis / diagnosis
  • Syphilis / psychology