Assessing Psychological Distress Near the End of Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3758649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hayley Pessin (0000-0001-6767-5860, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Bryn Rosenfeld (0000-0003-1399-2777, Fordham University), Barry Rosenfeld (Fordham University), William Breitbart (0000-0002-8698-739X, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-372 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000276402237769 |
| OpenAlex | W1968150668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 40 |
Psychological suffering is one of the most significant and potentially remediable impediments to the dying process for terminally ill patients and their families. This article reviews several of the most common psychological disorders that arise in the context of terminal illness, including depression, anxiety, delirium, and suicidal ideation. Issues related to assessment, measurement, and differential diagnosis are reviewed
Anxiety · Context (archaeology) · Delirium · Depression (economics) · Distress · Medical emergency · Palliative care · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Terminally ill · Clinical Psychology · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology
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Mind Frames Towards Dying and Factors Motivating Their Adoption by Terminally Ill Elders
Development and Validation of the Hospice Professionals’ Understanding of Preparatory Grief Scale
The Cost of Cancer
Becky's Legacy
Suicidal Ideation in the Palliative Care Patient
The Experience of Hopelessness in a Population of Greek Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Depression, Hopelessness, and Desire for Hastened Death in Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer
National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule
Screening Depressed Patients in Family Practice
“Mini-mental state”
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Comparative Studies of Psychological Function in Patients with Advanced Cancer—I. Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms
Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine
Assisted suicide, depression, and the right to die
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |