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Psychological needs 4: Helping the anxious person

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Journal articles

Barraclough  J. ABC of palliative care: Depression, anxiety, and confusion. BMJ, 1997;  315: 1365-1368.

Bottomley A. Anxiety and the adult cancer patient. European Journal of Cancer Care. 1998; 7(4): 217-24.

Burns SJ. Harbuz MS. Hucklebridge F. Bunt L. A pilot study into the therapeutic effects of music therapy at a cancer help center. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine. 2001; 7(1): 48-56.

Brittlebank A, Regnard C.  Terror or depression? A case report.  Palliative Medicine  1990; 4: 317 - 319

Carroll BT. Kathol RG. Noyes R Jr. Wald TG. Clamon GH. Screening for depression and anxiety in cancer patients using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. General Hospital Psychiatry. 1993; 15(2): 69-74.

Moorey S. Greer S. Cognitive techniques II: applications of cognitive techniques to common problems. In, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Cancer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. pp121-6.

Nordin K. Berglund G. Glimelius B. Sjoden PO. Predicting anxiety and depression among cancer patients: a clinical model. European Journal of Cancer. 2001; 37(3): 376-84.

Payne DK. Management of depression and anxiety in cancer patients. Oncology (Huntington). 2000; 15(4 Suppl Pt 2):13.

Rogers P. Gournay K. Phobias: nature, assessment and treatment. Nursing Standard. 2001; 15(30): 37-43.

Sheard T. Maguire P. The effect of psychological interventions on anxiety and depression in cancer patients: results of two meta-analyses. British Journal of Cancer. 1999; 80(11): 1770-80.

Stark D. Kiely M. Smith A. Velikova G. House A. Selby P. Anxiety disorders in cancer patients: their nature, associations, and relation to quality of life. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2002; 20(14): 3137-48.

Stark DP. House A. Anxiety in cancer patients. British Journal of Cancer. 2000; 83(10): 1261-7.

Van Fleet S. Relaxation and imagery for symptom management: improving patient assessment and individualizing treatment. Oncology Nursing Forum. 2000; 27(3): 501-10.

Wilkinson S. Aldridge J. Salmon I. Cain E. Wilson B. An evaluation of aromatherapy massage in palliative care. Palliative Medicine. 1999; 13(5): 409-17.

Resource books

Effective Interaction with Patients, 2nd ed ED Faulkner A. New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1998.

Introducing Palliative Care 3rd ed. Twycross R. Abingdon : Radcliffe Medical Press, 1999.

Talking to Cancer Patients and their relatives Faulkner, A. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.

A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 5th ed. Regnard C, Hockley J.  Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine 3rd ed. Doyle D, Hanks G, Cherny NI, Calman K eds. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.