Memory processes and the course of anxiety and depression in cancer patients

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 219-224

  Brewin, C R ^a,b   Watson, M ^a   McCarthy, S ^a   Hyman, P ^a   Dayson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031973181     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797006028     Document Type: Article

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