TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - [Mental distress in cancer patients]
JO  - Masui: the Japanese journal of anesthesiology
A1  - Ohnishi, Hideki
SP  - 1024
EP  - 1031
VL  - 60
IS  - 9
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: ja</p>
LA  - ja
SN  - 0021-4892
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -