The depressed patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The case of a 65-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is presented to demonstrate the nature of depression in this disease entity. The patient responded to the therapeutic environment on a psychiatric ward that was comforting to patients with chronic medical illnesses. The use of brief psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in patients with emphysema is also reviewed.
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Consultation-Liaison Service, Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia.
Schiavone
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Sitts
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D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012803:Sick Role