Depressive disorders in an out-patient oncology setting: Prevalence, assessment, and management

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-120

  Berard, R M F ^a,b   Boermeester, F ^a,b   Viljoen, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b William Slater Ctr for Adolescents   (South Africa)

^c Cape Psychosocial Oncology Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031978665     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199803/04)7:2<112::AID-PON300>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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