Psychiatric disorders in patients who lost family members to cancer and asked for medical help: Descriptive analysis of outpatient services for bereaved families at Japanese cancer center hospital

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 380-385

  Ishida, Mayumi ^a,b,c   Onishi, Hideki ^c   Wada, Mei ^c   Tada, Yukio ^c   Ito, Hiroshi ^c   Narabayashi, Masaru ^c   Sasaki, Yasutsuna ^c   Nomura, Shinobu ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bereaved family; Cancer; Consultation; Psychiatric diagnosis; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CONSULTATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGENY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952372880     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq213     Document Type: Article

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