Supportive care of the patient with pancreatic cancer: Role of the psycho-oncologist Journal Article
| Author: | Passik, S. D. |
| Article Title: | Supportive care of the patient with pancreatic cancer: Role of the psycho-oncologist |
| Abstract: | Many people who are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer react with a normal level of sadness. In others, however, depression represents a concomitant illness, perhaps with a biologic basis. Regardless of their origin, these mood disorders are controllable. The role of the psycho-oncologist is to distinguish normal emotional reactions to having advanced cancer, in which depressive symptoms resolve gradually within a week or two with support from family and friends, from symptoms of comorbid psychiatric illness, which warrant more extensive treatment, such as a combination of supportive psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and psychopharmaceutical agents. |
| Keywords: | conference paper; pancreas cancer; pancreatic neoplasms; methylphenidate; adaptation, psychological; depression; medical oncology; antidepressant agent; behavior; anxiety; physician's role; fluoxetine; paroxetine; sertraline; psychotherapy; psychostimulant agent; dexamphetamine; pemoline; amitriptyline; trazodone; doxepin; humans; human; pemoline magnesium; maprotiline; amoxapine |
| Journal Title: | Oncology (Norwalk) |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 9 Suppl. |
| ISSN: | 0890-9091 |
| Publisher: | C M P Medica LLC * The Oncology Group |
| Date Published: | 1996-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 33 |
| End Page: | 34 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 8884806 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Conference Paper -- Export Date: 22 November 2017 -- Source: Scopus |
