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Psychiatric claws - mental illness in an oncological population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Roque Pereira ,
Z. Malta  and
S. Mariano
M. Roque Pereira
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Centro Hospitalar de Entre Douro e Vouga, EPE, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Z. Malta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Centro Hospitalar de Entre Douro e Vouga, EPE, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
S. Mariano
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Centro Hospitalar de Entre Douro e Vouga, EPE, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal

Abstract

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Objectives

Evaluate a population of individuals with cancer referred to a first psychiatric appointment.

Methods

Descriptive and correlation analysis of first assessments of patients during three months.

Results

A significant amount of patients were referred due to prior psychiatric pathology and for being under psychopharmacotherapy. Requests demanding an evaluation under the new disease status were fewer than it would have been expected in this population. Most patients were sent with objective symptoms or high cancer stages. The most frequent diagnosis was adjustment disorder with anxiety or depression, and also depressive disorder.

Conclusions

Distress levels in oncological patients demand a focused approach towards the psychological well-being.

Type
P02-392
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 988
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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