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Is dying a mental health issue?

Should a dying patient talking to a psychiatrist be diagnosed with adjustment disorder related to death?  Dare we ask: Could impending death not be sufficiently psychologically distressing for patients...

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Distress- the 6th vital sign for cancer patients?

A third or more of cancer patients experience significant psychological distress following their diagnosis. Yet a much smaller proportion receives any psychosocial services. This situation is counter...

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Psychosocial care focuses too much on young, attractive patients successfully...

 The YAVIS bias reconsidered: Young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, successfully coping with cancer preferred. For related slide presentations, see Rethinking, rebuilding psychosocial care for cancer...

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