The cancer patient with pain: psychiatric complications and their management. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The most common psychiatric complications in the cancer population are depression, anxiety, and delirium. All are more likely to occur in the cancer patient who has pain. This review outlines the normal responses to cancer and the psychiatric disorders frequently encountered in clinical practice. The influence of pain on the incidence and presentation of these disorders is described. Multimodal treatment, which includes pharmacologic, psychotherapeutic, and behavioral interventions, is outlined.

publication date

  • February 1, 1992

Research

keywords

  • Mental Disorders
  • Neoplasms
  • Pain

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0026548075

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0885-3924(92)90121-w

PubMed ID

  • 1573292

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 2