title: [Psychiatric aspects of infectious diseases -- a literature review].
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.
authors.affiliation: Egyesített Szent István és Szent László Kórház, Addiktológiai és Pszichiátriai Ambulancia, Budapest, Hungary. gazdag@lamb.hu.
authors.forename: Gabor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gazdag
authors.forename: Zsuzsa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Janos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szlavik
mesh_terms: D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology