The use of psychotropic medication in patients referred to a psycho- oncology service

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-306

  Cullivan, Rachael ^a   Crown, John ^a   Walsh, Noel ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DRUG CHOICE; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0031851425     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199807/08)7:4<301::AID-PON367>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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