title: Psychiatric risk factors predicting post-liver transplant physical and psychiatric complications: a literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The psychiatric assessment of potential liver transplant recipients is becoming increasingly common in clinical practice. In such assessments, the psychiatrist is invited by the transplant team to assess the patient prior to the patient receiving a transplant liver to identify factors that could predict an unsuccessful post-transplant course, whether this is from a psychiatric or physical perspective. This review examined published research from 2000 to 2014 on psychological risk factors predicting post-transplant physical and psychiatric complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the strength of the evidence available, our review identified four risk factors: mood disorders; social supports; substance misuse; and alcohol dependence. These factors could potentially provide a framework to guide the evaluation and prediction of psychological and physical complications post-liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Department, Princess Alexandra hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia mahdod.eftekar@health.qld.gov.au.
authors.forename: Mahdod
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eftekar
authors.affiliation: Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Department, Princess Alexandra hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pun
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support
keywords: liaison psychiatry; psychiatric assessment; transplant psychiatry