Symptom indicator of severity of depression in cancer patients: a comparison of the DSM-IV criteria with alternative diagnostic criteria

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Akechi, Tatsuo ^a,b   Ietsugu, Tetsuji ^a,c   Sukigara, Masune ^d   Okamura, Hitoshi ^b   Nakano, Tomohito ^b   Akizuki, Nobuya ^b   Okamura, Masako ^b   Shimizu, Ken ^b   Okuyama, Toru ^a   Furukawa, Toshiaki A ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c Nagoya University of Economics   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Cancer; Depression; Diagnosing; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349132897     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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