Depression and chronic liver disease (CLD) are important causes of disability, morbidity and
mortality worldwide and their prevalence continues to rise. The rate of depression in CLD is …

The occurrence of depression is higher in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) than that
in the general population. The mechanism described in previous studies mainly focused on …

A growing body of evidence now highlights a key role for systemic inflammation in altering
behavior and mood in patients with liver disease. How inflammation occurring in the …

The impact of depression (assessed by the BeckDepression Inventory) on quality of life and
outcome wasprospectively assessed in adult patients with cirrhosis. Patients with …

The nature of depression has recently been reconceptualized, being conceived as the
clinical expression of activated immune-inflammatory, oxidative, and nitrosative stress …

Although anecdotal comments on detrimental effects of psychosocial stress on liver
diseases can be found even in the early literature, only recently has scientific evidence been …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a
chronic, relapsing immune-mediated disease with a varying and sometimes severe disease …

Background & Aims Depression and anxiety can have negative effects on patients and are
important to treat. There have been few studies of their prevalence among patients with …

Depressive symptoms are reported by more than 20% of people with inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD), while sleep difficulties and fatigue are even more common. Co-morbid …

It is becoming increasingly evident that peripheral organ-centered inflammatory diseases,
including chronic inflammatory liver diseases, are associated with changes in central neural …