Key result
Advanced cancer patients receiving pharmacological treatment for depression commonly experienced despair, anxiety, and social withdrawal, which are not present in standard DSM-IV symptom criteria.
Why the study?
What depressive symptoms do patients with incurable cancer experience compared to DSM-IV criteria?
Population
30 patients with advanced cancer receiving pharmacological treatment for depression
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May indicate need to assess despair, anxiety, and withdrawal in advanced cancer; leaves open whether DSM criteria require cancer-specific revision.
Observational (n=30)
Yes
What depressive symptoms do patients with incurable cancer experience compared to DSM-IV criteria?
Despair, anxiety, and social withdrawal are common in depressed patients with incurable cancer and should be considered as candidate symptom criteria, as traditional somatic criteria often overlap with cancer symptoms.
Brenne et al. (2013) conducted an observational in Advanced cancer with depression (n=30). Advanced cancer patients receiving pharmacological treatment for depression commonly experienced despair, anxiety, and social withdrawal, which are not present in standard DSM-IV symptom criteria.
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