Recognition of Depression and Methods of Depression Screening in People with Cancer

Depression and Cancer

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 81-100

  Passik, Steven D ^a   Lowery, Amy E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing depression in special oncology populations; Barriers to the recognition of depression in cancer patients; Geriatric depression scale GDS; Hospital anxiety and depression scale HADS; Identifying major depression in cancer patients; Item response theory (IRT); Referral of depressed patients with cancer; Screening for depression in cancer patients; The center for epidemiological studies depression scale ces D; Underdiagnosis of depression in cancer patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879945820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470972533.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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