Psychology

Psychological disorders more frequent in HCV-positive Vietnam veterans

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, October 7th, 2002

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A study of more than 60,000 Vietnam veterans has shown that those who were infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) were more likely to have psychiatric, drug, or alcohol use disorders.

U.S. government researchers at the Houston Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Texas argue that the HCV-positive Vietnam veterans need a treatment approach encompassing therapy from clinicians across several disciplines.

For the case-control study, which identified and included Vietnam veterans hospitalized between 1992-1999, 22,341 HCV-positive veterans were compared with 42,267-negative veterans.

"Cases were...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2002-10-07)

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