[Depression and cancer. Results of an initial study of 707 patients].
Within a multifactorial etiology of cancers and a bio-psycho-social approach of patients, considering, among the risk factors, those related to personality in a preventive view, the authors investigate, by an epidemiologic methodology, for a correlation between break-down phenomena and the development of a cancer. The study was carried out at the Salah Azaïez Institute in 1992 and included 707 patients aged from 15 to 82 years, 44% presenting a malignant tumour. For a retrospective evaluation of break-down semiology, the study is based on DSM-III criteria of break-down diagnostic. Search for a clinic/psychic diagnostic relation reveals the difficulty of coexistence between break-down signs and the development of a cancer. That difficulty increases in case of an organised break-down.
Département de psychologie, faculté des Sciences humaines et sociales, Tunis, Tunisie.
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Besbes
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Douki
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Ben Abdallah
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Rahal
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Maalej
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Ben Ayed
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Dépression et cancer. Résultats d'une étude préliminaire portant sur 707 patients.