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Towards an understanding of bereavement in the pathway to suicide [PDF]

, 2015
Key Points 1. Suicide bereavement is associated with increased depression and risk of suicide. The increasing rate of suicide in Northern Ireland presents a major challenge to health and social care policy. 2.
Galway, Karen, Mallon, Sharon
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A case report of brief psychotic disorder with catalepsy associated with sequential life-threatening events in a patient with advanced cancer

BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2017
Background Cancer is commonly perceived as life-threatening and universally stressful; however, brief psychotic disorder, which occurs in response to extremely stressful events, has not been reported.
Mayumi Ishida, Satoshi Kawada, Hideki Onishi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resilience in middle-aged partners of patients diagnosed with incurable cancer : a thematic analysis [PDF]

, 2019
Background : Providing care for patients with advanced cancer is often the responsibility of the partner. Being confronted with an incurable cancer diagnosis can be highly disruptive for the patient's partner and can be considered a potentially traumatic
De Lepeleire, Jan, Lauwerier, Emelien, Opsomer, Sophie, Pype, Peter   +3 more
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Resilience in the Face of Cancer: On the Importance of Defining and Studying Resilience as a Dynamic Process of Adaptation

Current Oncology
Resilience is defined as the maintenance or relatively quick recovery of mental health during and after adversity. Rather than focusing on psychopathology and its causes, resilience research aims to understand what protective mechanisms shield ...
Melanie P. J. Schellekens, Laura C. Zwanenburg, Marije L. van der Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Facilitating patient-oncologist communication in advanced treatment-resistant cancer: development and feasibility testing of a question prompt list

Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Background Patients’ expectations regarding medical information in advanced stages of cancer are still poorly understood. Tailoring information to advanced cancer patients is a subtle task.
A. Rault, S. Dolbeault, J. Terrasson, C. Bouleuc, P. Cottu, S. Piperno-Neumann, M. Rodrigues, P. Vaflard, A. Brédart   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psycho-Oncology and Spirituality.

Psychiatria Danubina, 2021
Psycho-oncology is a branch of medicine which, combining psychiatry and oncology, studies the biological and psychological factors related to the onset and treatment of carcinoma. The struggle with this life-threatening disease requires an adaptation to a new life situation characterized by changed routines of everyday life and dynamics of personal ...
Ljubičić Bistrović, Ivana, Tomljanović, Mario, Ljubičić, Rudolf   +2 more
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A feasibility study of distress screening with psychometric evaluation and referral of cancer patients

Scientific Reports
To assess for associations of known psychometric scales GAD-7, PHQ-9, pc-PTSD-5 with demographics and clinical characteristics of cancer patients as well as identify their value in screening for distress and in guiding Psycho-Oncology evaluation.
Daniel Anderson, Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios, Lilly Simpson, Susanna Schuster Bruce, Niall Fitzpatrick, Jacqueline Connell, Eleftherios Christodoulis, Konstantinos Kamposioras   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural Telemedicine in Alaska: A Look at Healthcare Through Telecommunications [PDF]

, 2012
•An average town in the United States will have a basic medical facility capable of treating its patients. If not, there is roadway access to a capable facility. •In Rural Alaska however, there is no way to drive to the nearest hospital.
Stephens, Ethan
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Global psycho-oncology in low middle-income countries: Challenges and opportunities. [PDF]

Psychooncology, 2023
Dunn J, Rodin G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Barriers and enablers to implementing telehealth consultations in psycho-oncology. [PDF]

Psychooncology, 2022
Butt Z, Kirsten L, Beatty L, Kelly B, Dhillon H, Shaw JM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source