Citation

Ohnishi H. Masui 2011; 60(9): 1024-1031.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Nippon Masui Gakki, Publisher Kokuseido Shuppan K.K.)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21950033

Abstract

Cancer patients receive treatments while being subjected to various distresses such as matters regarding their job, household, and purpose in life, as well as therapeutic problems. Each of these is a marked stress factor, which sometimes leads to the onset of mental disorders. About half of cancer patients undergo a psychiatric diagnosis during treatment. Anxiety and/or depression for which therapeutic intervention is needed is observed in 20 to 40% of them. Mental disorders need to be managed promptly because they cause not only distress owing to mental manifestations, but also reduce patients' motivation for treatment, impair their decision-making, and increase the incidence of suicide.

Language: ja

Keywords

Humans; Depression; Neoplasms; Stress, Psychological