title: Case report: psychological response of a woman with schizo-affective disorder on discovering she had ovarian cancer.
abstract: Studies have shown that medical illness in those with psychiatric illness often exacerbates symptoms (Hall et al., 1981). This paper reports the case of a 53-year-old Chinese American woman with schizo-affective disorder who surprisingly had a remission in psychiatric symptoms on discovering she had ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville 32610-0256, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014481:United States