Psychiatric Complications of Celiac Disease

Małgorzata Urban - Kowalczyk^1,

¹Department of Affective and Psychotic Disorder, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

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Małgorzata Urban - Kowalczyk. Psychiatric Complications of Celiac Disease. International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2015; 3(1):25-27. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-3-1-1

Abstract

Celiac disease can manifest as psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety or psychosis. Coincidence with eating disorders was also described. Usually proper diagnosis is performed secondary to psychiatric symptoms. In some cases gluten -free diet can reduce or even resolve both gastrointestinal and psychiatric symptoms.

Keywords:
celiac disease depression anxiety schizophrenia anorexia nervosa gluten

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