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- Title
Distress in patients with cancer – on the need to distinguish between adaptive and maladaptive emotional responses.
- Authors
Dekker, Joost; Braamse, Annemarie; Schuurhuizen, Claudia; Beekman, Aartjan T. F.; van Linde, Myra; Sprangers, Mirjam A. G.; Verheul, Henk M.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study related to the need to distinguish between adaptive and maladaptive emotional responses in cancer patients. It mentions that distress should be recognized, monitored, documented and treated promptly at all stages of disease. It also mentions that emotional responses for diagnosis and treatment of cancer are adaptive.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of psychological stress; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); CANCER patient psychology; EMOTIONS; MENTAL health services; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; SOCIAL support
- Publication
Acta Oncologica, 2017, Vol 56, Issue 7, p1026
- ISSN
0284-186X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/0284186X.2017.1280848