Hepatitis C Treatments

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This paper studies the connection between Hepatitis C treatments and depression, focusing on the implications for the social worker. It links the drug interferon to anxiety and depression in patients and it assesses the risk for depression among the general population of Hepatitis C patients on interferon therapy. The paper contains a literature review and is written in the form of a research question, containing the subtitles of a hypothesis, methodology and findings. The limitations and implications of the research are also dealt with.

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"The most commonly used treatment for patients suffering from Hepatitis C, a deadly liver disease, is the drug interferon combined with ribavirin. This treatment offers the most promise for a long-term positive prognosis. However, it has a known high rate for negative psychological side effects such as depression and other anxiety disorders. Clinical psychology can offer some solutions to this problem, both in assessing those patients who have increased risk factors for depression such as substance abuse or a history of depression, and in offering treatments to help ease the occurrence and severity of depression. This study will assess the risk for depression among the general population of Hepatitis C patients on interferon therapy."

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