Distress in patients with cancer - on the need to distinguish between adaptive and maladaptive emotional responses

Acta Oncol. 2017 Jul;56(7):1026-1029. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1280848. Epub 2017 Feb 1.

Authors

Joost Dekker¹, Annemarie Braamse², Claudia Schuurhuizen^{1

3}, Aartjan T F Beekman¹, Myra van Linde³, Mirjam A G Sprangers², Henk M Verheul³

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Psychiatry , EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
² b Department of Medical Psychology , Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
³ c Department of Medical Oncology , VUmc Cancer Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.

PMID: 28145789
DOI: 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1280848

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Psychological / physiology*
Behavior / physiology*
Emotions / physiology
Humans
Mental Disorders / diagnosis
Mental Disorders / epidemiology*
Mental Disorders / etiology*
Neoplasms / complications
Neoplasms / epidemiology
Neoplasms / psychology*
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / etiology
Stress, Psychological / epidemiology
Stress, Psychological / etiology*