Clinical pathway for the screening, assessment and management of anxiety and depression in adult cancer patients: Australian guidelines

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 987-1001

  Butow, Phyllis ^a   Price, Melanie A ^a   Shaw, Joanne M ^a   Turner, Jane ^b   Clayton, Josephine M ^a,c,d   Grimison, Peter ^c,d   Rankin, Nicole ^c   Kirsten, Laura ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University of Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Nepean Cancer Care Centre Sydney West Cancer Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELPHI STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOOD; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; THERMOMETRY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84941168522     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3920     Document Type: Review

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