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Suicidal thoughts in patients with cancer and comorbid major depression: findings from a depression screening program

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Background: Major depression is found in around ten percent of patients attending cancer clinics. One of the symptoms of major depression, defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), is ‘thoughts of death or suicide’. In order to implement depression screening programs for patients with cancer, we need to know the prevalence not only of this broadly defined symptom, but also of more specific suicidal thoughts, as only the latter clearly indi...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.09.003

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Sub department:
Psychiatry
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1938-1141
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ORCID:
0000-0002-8611-8012
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Sub department:
Psychiatry
Oxford college:
St Cross College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-6474-9980
Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry More from this journal
Volume:
63
Issue:
3
Pages:
251-259
Publication date:
2021-09-23
Acceptance date:
2021-09-12
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ISSN:
2667-2960
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1196034
Local pid:
pubs:1196034
Deposit date:
2021-09-27

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