Description

Mental health and liver disease are deeply connected - but often treated in isolation. In this insightful episode, we speak with a leading expert about the hidden mental health challenges faced by people living with liver disease. We explore the complexities of diagnosis, the overlap of symptoms, and how disease severity can influence mental health outcomes. The conversation also highlights practical ways clinicians can integrate mental and medical care and calls for policy changes to remove barriers to support. This episode sheds light on an often-overlooked issue - and why treating the liver means caring for the mind too.

Acknowledgment: The EASL Policy Dialogues Season 4 is supported by Novo Nordisk. EASL has received no input from Novo Nordisk with regards to the content of the EASL Policy Dialogues Season 4.

Speaker

  
Victoria Kronsten

Dr. Victoria Kronsten, Kings College, NHS Trust Foundation, is a trainee academic hepatologist and PhD candidate at the Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College London. Her research explores the biological mechanisms linking mental and physical health in chronic liver disease, with a particular focus on the high prevalence of depression in patients with cirrhosis. She was recently awarded a prestigious Medical Research Council grant to investigate how systemic inflammation in cirrhosis affects key neurological processes involved in the development of depression. Her broader research interests include enhancing mental health outcomes and improving patient-reported outcome measures in individuals with chronic liver disease, including those awaiting liver transplantation.
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