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Understanding The Causes Of Depression Among Prostate Cancer Patients: Development Of The Effects Of Prostate Cancer On Lifestyle Questionnaire, Christopher Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika, David Christie
Understanding The Causes Of Depression Among Prostate Cancer Patients: Development Of The Effects Of Prostate Cancer On Lifestyle Questionnaire, Christopher Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika, David Christie
Vicki Bitsika
Objective: Depression among prostate cancer patients remains a major source of distress for them and their families, has been linked with suicide, and has been shown to contribute to poorer longterm treatment outcomes. Most psychological assessment strategies focus upon the presence of depressive symptomatology without identifying the specific causal antecedents that lead to depression among this patient group, although this underlies effective individually-oriented treatment planning and delivery.
Method: 150 prostate cancer patients completed self reports on anxiety, depression and lifestyle changes that they had experienced as a result of receiving a diagnosis of, and treatment for their cancer. The principal …