Prevalence of acute and post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental disorders in breast cancer patients during primary cancer care: a prospective study

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Mehnert ◽  
Uwe Koch
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Primary Cancer ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Comorbid Mental Disorders

Psychiatric Disorders and Future Violent Arrests: A Prospective Study Among Detained Girls

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier F. Colins ◽  
Lore Van Damme
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidity ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Structured Diagnostic Interview ◽  
A Prospective Study

This study scrutinizes if detained girls with psychiatric disorders were at risk for future violent arrests during adolescence. A structured diagnostic interview was performed to determine the presence of various psychiatric disorders in 313 detained girls. Official juvenile arrest records were collected. With three exceptions that are in need of replication, psychiatric disorders (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, subtypes of conduct disorder), psychiatric disorder categories (e.g., anxiety disorders), and psychiatric comorbidity patterns were not prospectively related to future violent arrests. Our findings suggest that detained girls with psychiatric disorders should not be considered more dangerous than their counterparts without disorders, at least not during adolescence.

scholarly journals Psychotherapy targets for comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder in cancer patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 402-416
Author(s):  
Anna Vasilieva ◽  
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Tatiana Karavaeva ◽  
Elena Mizinova ◽  
Ekaterina Lukoshkina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Rectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Cognitive Representations ◽  
Post Traumatic

The article describes the main psychotherapeutic targets and individual psychological characteristicsof cancer patients with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), using the example of breast cancer, prostate cancer, and rectal cancer patients in remission following surgery (mastectomy, prostatectomy, and colostomy). The study was carried out at N. N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology. The experimental group consisted of 40 patients with breast cancer, 32 patients with prostate cancer, and 19 patients with rectal cancer, in accordance with the selection criteria and based on a specialized questionnaire designed to detect symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (Trauma Screening Questionnaire). A control group, for comparison, was comprised of 51 women with breast cancer, 53 patients with prostate cancer, and 22 patients with rectal cancer who showed signs of constructively coping with cancer. The assessment of individual psychological characteristics of patients in these nosological groups was carried out using a battery of experimental psychological techniques. In order to enhance the adaptive capacity of the personality in patients with oncological diseases, to prevent the likelihood of developing PTSD, and develop the effectiveness of treatment, the following general psychotherapeutic targets were identified: intrapsychic maladaptive type of response to the disease, excessive fixation on the disease and care during illness; low risk tolerance manifested by patients’ reluctance to act in the absence of reliable guarantees of success; destructive and deficient personality functions; shortage of positive cognitive representations of the world and themselves; destructive guilt associated with the illness and family relationships; excessive desire for autonomy and independence that reduces the possibility of receiving social support.

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