Patients with cancer are particularly vulnerable to depressive experiences, ranging from severe emotional reactions to proper depressive syndromes, including major depression. These experiences may deeply affect the course and outcome of the disease. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy acceptability of antidepressants on the continuum of depressive experiences in patients suffering from cancer.

Efficacy and acceptability of antidepressants on the continuum of depressive experiences in patients with cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis

OSTUZZI, Giovanni;BARBUI, Corrado
2015-01-01

Abstract

Patients with cancer are particularly vulnerable to depressive experiences, ranging from severe emotional reactions to proper depressive syndromes, including major depression. These experiences may deeply affect the course and outcome of the disease. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy acceptability of antidepressants on the continuum of depressive experiences in patients suffering from cancer.
2015
Antidepressants; Cancer; Cancer-related symptoms; Consultation-liaison psychiatry; Depression; Depressive symptoms; Humans; Neoplasms; Treatment Outcome; Antidepressive Agents; Depressive Disorder
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