Thoughts of death and suicide reported by cancer patients who endorsed the "suicidal thoughts" item of the PHQ-9 during routine screening for depression.

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BACKGROUND: Patients with serious medical illnesses, such as cancer, are at increased risk of suicide but are also often facing death. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is widely used to screen patients for depression. It includes an item that asks about thoughts of death and hurting yourself (Item-9). OBJECTIVE: To describe the nature of thoughts of death and suicide reported in clinical interviews carried out to further assess suicidal ideation of cancer outpatients who had endorse...

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Authors: Walker, J; Hansen, C; Butcher, I; Sharma, N; Wall, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Psychosomatics
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 424-427
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.02.003
• EISSN: 1545-7206
• ISSN: 0033-3182
• Language: English
• Keywords: Male; Aged; Adult; Neoplasms; Attitude to Death; Depression; Aged, 80 and over; Suicidal Ideation; Middle Aged; Young Adult; Questionnaires; Female; Humans; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales