Objective:To explore the similarities and differences of social psychology between alcoholic cirrhosis（AC）and posthepatitic cirrhosis（PC）. Methods:Forty patients with AC and 77 patients with PC were enrolled from January 2016 to June 2016 in Beijing You’an Hospital. All patients in two groups were compared and analyzed in the general social situation and clinical characteristics as well as psychology. Results:The prevalence of AC patients was higher in male than in female;and this proportion was higher than PC group（P<0.05）. In sociology

AC patients had a higher proportion of living in urban than PC patients（P<0.05）. In husband and wife relationship

AC patients was worse than PC patients（P<0.05）. Two groups of patients is slightly different in the form of payment

PC patients had a higher proportion of foreign medical insurance than AC patients（P<0.05）. In clinical data

the incidence of jaundice

abdominal distension

abdominal pain

fatigue

spider nevus and liver disease in patients with AC were significantly higher than those in PC group（all P<0.05）. In psychology

the positive rate of suicidal ideation in patients with AC was 12.5% higher than that in patients with PC（0%）（P<0.05）. Furthermore

univariate and multivariate analyses showed that the ascites and the form of accounts respectively for liver cirrhosis（LC）and AC patients have independent risk factors for suicidal thoughts with odds ratio of 0.363（95%CI=0.134 to 0.982）and 11.549（95%CI=1.035 to 128.937）

and the positive rate of suicidal thoughts in rural households was significant ly higher than that in urban households（P<0.05）. Conclusion:The ascites may be a risk factor for suicidal thoughts in patients with LC

and AC patients have more serious social psychology problem than the PC patients

especially in rural households patients

and should be given more psychological care during the clinical treatment.