Elderly cancer patients' psychopathology: A systematic review aging and mental health

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-15

  Parpa, Efi ^a   Tsilika, Eleni ^a   Gennimata, Vassiliki ^b   Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Cancer; Elderly patients; Geriatric; Palliative care; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVER; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84918804177     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.09.008     Document Type: Review

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