Chance of psychiatric morbidity amongst recently diagnosed cancer outpatients attending a chemotherapy unit

The prevalent rate of psychiatry morbidity amongst patients with cancer reported in various studies ranges from 5 to 50%, a variation that can be attributed to differences in sample size, the disease itself and treatment factors. The objectives of the present study were to determine the frequency of...

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Main Authors: A.C. Chaves, R.N. Pinto, M.T. Lourenço, J.J. Mari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2005-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000900018