Anxiety and depression in breast cancer survivors of different sexual orientations

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-395

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a   Glickman, Mark ^a   Winter, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; breast neoplasms; comparative studies; depression; homosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEMONITORING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; BISEXUALITY; BREAST TUMOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; BISEXUALITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84867050868     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027494     Document Type: Article

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