title: Current and lifetime incidence of psychiatric disorders among a group of extremity sarcoma survivors.
abstract: Thirty-five survivors of extremity sarcomas being followed in a University-Hospital orthopedic clinic were evaluated for current and lifetime presence of psychiatric disorders. Patients were assessed for cognitive abilities using the Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination and for psychiatric disorders using a structured interview format, the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Lifetime version. The criteria for psychiatric disorders were the Research Diagnostic Criteria. Two patients were excluded because of cognitive deficiencies; thirty-three patients (mean age = 37.7 yr) were formally evaluated at a mean time of 2.6 yr following cancer diagnosis and surgery. Forty-five per cent of patients were given the diagnosis of at least one lifetime psychiatric disorder. Fifteen per cent of patients reported a current episode. Affective disorders and alcoholism were the most frequently reported disorders.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000523:psychology*