Depression, demoralisation or adjustment disorder? Understanding emotional distress in the severely medically ill

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 478-481

  O'Keeffe, Nikki ^a   Ranjith, Gopinath ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Biopsychosocial model; Demoralisation; Depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 35748973552     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-5-478     Document Type: Article

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