NONORGANIC SOMATIC SYMPTOMS IN CANCER

被引:17
作者
CHATURVEDI, SK [1 ]
HOPWOOD, P [1 ]
MAGUIRE, P [1 ]
机构
[1] CHRISTIE HOSP & HOLT RADIUM INST, CANC RES CAMPAIGN, PSYCHOL MED GRP, MANCHESTER M20 9BX, LANCS, ENGLAND
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10.1016/S0959-8049(05)80212-6
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
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Somatic symptoms considered as unrelated to cancer or grossly out of proportion to the known pathology were systematically assessed in a group of 98 consecutively referred cases. Subjects with prominent somatic symptoms (somatisers) had depression (53%), anxiety (12%) and atypical somatoform disorder (27%). During follow-up, somatisers with depression showed clinical improvement whereas those with atypical somatoform disorder showed no improvement or deteriorated. Methods of distinguishing the cause of somatic symptoms in cancer patients are discussed.
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