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The characteristics and risk factors for common psychiatric disorders in patients with cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

T. Jupe ,
K. Provi ,
I. Giannopoulos ,
B. Zenelaj  and
E. Myslimi
T. Jupe*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece
K. Provi
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece
I. Giannopoulos
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece
B. Zenelaj
Affiliation:
National Center for Children Treatment and Rehabilitation
E. Myslimi
Affiliation:
Freelancer psychiatrist, Tirane, Albania
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The incidence of psychological disorders in patients with cancer is very high (30–60%), with approximately 29–43% fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders. The most commonly encountered mental problems encompass depressive symptoms associated with mixed anxiety and adjustment disorder or depressive mood or major depression.

Objectives

The aim of this research is to highlight the characteristics of psychiatric manifestations in patients with cancer and to analyse the risk factors that influence the occurrence of these psychiatric manifestations.

Methods

Α bibliographical review was performed using the PubMED platform. All relevant articles were found using the keywords: cancer, psychiatric manifestations, risk factors.

Results

Sleep problems, irritability, tendency to cry easily, sadness, and pain were among the leading symptoms at baseline. Women reported sleep problems, tendency to cry easily, irritability, pre-occupation with the illness, and sadness as the first five most frequent issues, and men reported sleep problems, irritability, pain (usually incompatible with their medical conditions), sadness, and tendency to cry easily as the most frequent problems.

Conclusions

Significant risk factors that increased the mood disorders were recurrence, presence of secondary cancer, other chronic medical illnesses, history of psychiatric disorder, low income level, poor social support, and being single or divorced.

Disclosure of Interest

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S946
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