Loss of interest (anhedonia) remains relevant. Asking two patients with a common hobby
such as golf the same question about a forthcoming event may elicit two opposite replies …

Dr Penny Hopwood (CRC Psychological Medicine Group, Manchester) spoke on affective
disorders in cancer patients. She first described how psychiatric morbidity in cancer patients …

However solitary we are, no one exists in isolation. We all exist as part of thecommunity, of
our family, our circle of friends, our neighbourhood, our work environment. A death, then, is …

Our initial response to the results reported by Bardwell et al1 was very odd—bordering on
ironic. Here is an article that shows that objective, disease-related variables have virtually …

IMPROVING THE care of patients at the end of life is no longer the concern of just a few
health care professionals, advocating for it to be a focus of clinical research and education …

Objectives: To assess the prevalence, severity and distress from physical symptoms and the
prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients about to undergo chemotherapy for …

Abstract To:(1) estimate the prevalence of clinically significant emotional distress in patients
attending a cancer outpatient department and (2) determine the associations between …

Research Diagnostic Criteria. The diagnostic interview was adapted from the Schedule for
Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS). The question 'are you depressed?'(taken …

Depression is difficult to diagnose in the terminally ill patient. As a result, it frequently is not
treated. This has can have an adverse effect on quality of life and make the palliation of …

Numerous studies have shown that psychosocial variables are associated with medical
outcomes in cancer patients and other patient populations. For example, cancer patients …