Бюллетень сибирской медицины (Dec 2008)
Clinical peculiarities of depressive disorders in patients with malignant gastrointestinal tract tumors
Abstract
Unipolar depression is prevalent in inpatients with GIT tumors. Following types of depressions have been distinguished: with cognitive disturbances, anxious-hypochondriac and agitated ones. For oncologists and surgeons clinical symptoms of high likelihood of depressive disorder in oncological pathology of GIT are as follows: pain, disturbance of quality of sleep, experienced weakness and breakdown, experienced fear, tension and sudden panic with agitation.
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