New-onset anorexia nervosa after living kidney transplantation

Kidney transplantation brings significant improvement of quality of life for patients with end-stage renal failure. However, several psychiatric problems after transplantation have been indicated, such as delirium, depression, or adjustment disorders.1,2 In a 10-year single-center study including outpatients from Japan, 10% of 1,139 recipients underwent psychiatric consultation after kidney transplantation.1 Meta-analyses of interview-based studies have demonstrated that the prevalence of depression in kidney transplant recipients was 25.7%3 and that depression increased the risk of post-transplant mortality and graft loss4.
Source: Psychosomatics - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research