Psychological distress experienced by families of cancer patients: Preliminary findings from psychiatric consultation of a Cancer Center Hospital

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 329-332

  Akechi, Tatsuo ^a,b   Akizuki, Nobuya ^b   Okamura, Masako ^b,c   Shimizu, Ken ^b   Oba, Akira ^b   Ito, Tatsuhiko ^b,d   Yoshikawa, Eisho ^b   Nakano, Tomohito ^c   Inagaki, Masatoshi ^b   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Family; Psychiatric consultation; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COLON CANCER; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SPOUSE; STOMACH CANCER; SUPPORT GROUP; TERMINAL CARE;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33745686167     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl029     Document Type: Article

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