Characteristics of psychiatric consultations in a pediatric cancer center.
Data on psychiatric consultations with 58 pediatric cancer patients are summarized. Although most patients received DSM-III axis I diagnoses, adjustment disorder was diagnosed in 30 cases (52%). The patients with primarily depressive features were significantly older than those with anxious features.
Rait
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Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Jacobsen
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Lederberg
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Holland
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation