Cancer-related intrusive thoughts as an indicator of poor psychological adjustment at 3 or more years after breast surgery: A preliminary study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-124

  Matsuoka, Yutaka ^a,b   Nakano, Tomohito ^a,c   Inagaki, Masatoshi ^a   Sugawara, Yuriko ^a   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a,d   Imoto, Shigeru ^d   Murakami, Koji ^d   Yamawaki, Shigeto ^b   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxious preoccupation; Breast cancer; Coping; Intrusive thoughts; Psychological adjustment; Psychological distress; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING;

EID: 0036830261     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020572505095     Document Type: Article

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