Recently, there has been a growing awareness of the multiple interrelationships between depression and cancer. Depression and Cancer is devoted to the interaction between these disorders. The book examines various aspects of this comorbidity and describes how the negative consequences of depression in cancer could be avoided or ameliorated, given that effective depression treatments forcancer patients are available. Renowned psychiatrists and oncologists summarize the latest evidence on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, screening and recognition, and cultural and public health implications of depression in persons with cancer, among other topics INDICE: CHAPTER 1. The prevalence of depression in people with cancer MaryJane Massie, Mari Lloyd-Williams, Kimberley Miller and Greg Irving CHAPTER 2.Biology of depression and cytokines in cancer Dominique L. Musselman, Andrew H. Miller, Erica B. Royster and Marcia D. McNutt CHAPTER 3. Psychological adaptation, demoralization and depression in people with cancer David M. Clarke CHAPTER 4. Recognition of depression and methods of depression screening in people with cancer Steven D. Passik, Amy E. Lowery CHAPTER 5. Impact of depressionon treatment adherence and survival from cancer M. Robin DiMatteo and Kelly B. Haskard-Zolnierek CHAPTER 6. Suicide and desire for hastened death in peoplewith cancer William Breitbart, Hayley Pessin and Elissa Kolva CHAPTER 7. Pharmacotherapy of depression in people with cancer Luigi Grassi, Yosuke Uchitomi,Maria Giulia Nanni and Michelle Riba CHAPTER 8. Psychotherapy for depression in cancer and palliative care David W. Kissane, Tomer Levin, Sarah Hales, Christopher Lo and Gary Rodin CHAPTER 9. Depression and cancer: the role of culture and social disparities Christoffer Johansen, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton and Pernille Envold Bidstrup
- ISBN: 978-0-470-68966-0
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 12/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés