Psychiatric disturbance in Hodgkin's disease.
We describe the onset of psychotic depression in a young man receiving intensive therapy for Hodgkin's disease. We have found other examples of psychiatric disturbance in the course of reviewing the charts of 40 men with Hodgkin's disease and 20 with testicular cancer. We propose that patients with oncologic disease and their families receive counseling before initiation of treatment and be advised about the availability of psychiatric help should it become necessary.
D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009661:Nortriptyline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications
D009661:Nortriptyline