Clinical depression while caring for loved ones with breast cancer

Nik Jaafar NR 1 , Selamat Din SH , Mohamed Saini S , Ahmad SN , Midin M , Sidi H Show all authors , Silim UA , Baharudin A

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: [email protected]
Compr Psychiatry, 2014 Jan;55 Suppl 1:S52-9.
PMID: 23706655 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.03.003

Abstract

The period of the cancer patients undergoing treatment is also the most stressful time for their family caregivers. This study aimed to determine the rates of major depressive disorder and dysthymia; and their associated factors in the caregivers during this time.

Study site: Oncology centre, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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