Early psychological adjustment in breast cancer patients A prospective study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1123-1130

  Nosarti, Chiara ^a   Roberts, Jonathan V ^b   Crayford, Timothy ^c   McKenzie, Kwame ^d   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Bromley Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Breast cancer; Coping styles; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HAMILTON SCALE; HELPLESSNESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036911317     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00350-1     Document Type: Article

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