title: [Treatment of psychic symptoms of a cancer patient in a palliative care].
abstract: Approximately a third of cancer patients suffer from psychic symptoms recognizable by tested indicators during their illness. The most typical symptom picture is a mixed one consisting of anxiety and depression associated with changes in activity level (fatigue, over-alertness) and sleeping disturbances. According to a recent meta-analysis, some mood disorder fulfilling the DSM or ICD criteria can be diagnosed in approx. 30 to 40% of hospitalized cancer patients. The interpretation as mood disorder included all diagnoses of depression, anxiety disorders as well as mood problems of the adjustment disorder level.
authors.affiliation: HYKS, syöpätautien klinikka, psykososiaalinen yksikkö.
authors.forename: Irja
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Idman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*