"I was never like that": Australian findings on the psychological and psychiatric sequelae of corticosteroids in haematology treatments

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-347

  McGrath, Pam ^a   Patton, Mary Anne ^a   James, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Haematology; Mental health; Psychological; Side effects

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROXYDAUNORUBICIN; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DEXAMETHASONE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDNISOLONE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449130282     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0464-7     Document Type: Article

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