title: Characteristics of psychiatric consultations in a pediatric cancer center.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Rait
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lederberg
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: 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