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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kissane, David W
• Maj, Mario,
• Sartorius, N

Titel

Depression and cancer [electronic resource]

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Depression and Cancer; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1: The Prevalence of Depression in People with Cancer; 2: Psychological Adaptation, Demoralization and Depression in People with Cancer; 3: Biology of Depression and Cytokines in Cancer; 4: Recognition of Depression and Methods of Depression Screening in People with Cancer; 5: Impact of Depression on Treatment Adherence and Survival from Cancer; 6: Suicide and Desire for Hastened Death in People with Cancer; 7: Pharmacotherapy of Depression in People with Cancer; 8: Psychotherapy for Depression in Cancer and Palliative Care
• 9: Depression and Cancer: the Role of Culture and Social DisparitiesAcknowledgement; Index
• Recently, there has been a growing awareness of the multiple interrelationships between depression and cancer. Depression and Cancer is devoted to the interaction between these disorders. The book examines various aspects of this comorbidity and describes how the negative consequences of depression in cancer could be avoided or ameliorated, given that effective depression treatments for cancer patients are available. Renowned psychiatrists and oncologists summarize the latest evidence on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, screening and recognition, and cultural and public health implicatio
• English