Psychiatric pathology and suicide risk in patients with cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 383-395

  Costantini, Anna ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^a   Zezza, Maria Cristina ^a   Di Carlo, Alessandra ^a   Sher, Leo ^b   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; psychiatry; psychoncology; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

CANCER; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHONCOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903790983     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2014.917136     Document Type: Article

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