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Psychological needs 7: Helping the withdrawn patient

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Breitbart W. Rosenfeld B. Pessin H. Kaim M. Funesti-Esch J. Galietta M. Nelson CJ. Brescia R. Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer. JAMA. 2000; 284(22): 2907-11.

Hotopf M. Chidgey J. Addington-Hall J. Ly KL. Depression in advanced disease: a systematic review Part 1. Prevalence and case finding. Medicine. 2002; 16(2): 81-97.

Lloyd-Williams M. Friedman T. Depression in palliative care patients--a prospective study. European Journal of Cancer Care. 2001; 10(4):270-4.

Lloyd-Williams M. Friedman T. Rudd N. An analysis of the validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale as a screening tool in patients with advanced metastatic cancer. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2001; 22(6): 990-6.

Lloyd-Williams M. Friedman T. Rudd N. A survey of antidepressant prescribing in the terminally ill. Palliative Medicine. 1999; 13(3): 243-8.

Lloyd-Williams M. Friedman T. Rudd N.  Criterion validation of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale as a screening tool for depression in patients with advanced metastatic cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , 2000; 20(4): 259-65.

Lloyd-Williams M, Spiller J, Ward J. Which depression screening tools should be used in palliative care? Palliative Medicine, 2003; 17(1): 40-3.

Lloyd-Williams M. Is it appropriate to screen palliative care patients for depression? American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2002; 19(2): 112-4.

Lloyd-Williams M. Screening for depression in palliative care patients: a review. European Journal of Cancer Care. 2001; 10(1): 31-5.

Lloyd-Williams M. How common are thoughts of self-harm in a UK palliative care population?. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2002; 10(5): 422-4.

Lloyd-Williams M. Screening for depression in palliative care. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2001; 18(2): 79-80.

Lloyd-Williams M. The stability of depression scores in patients who are receiving palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , 2002; 24(6): 593-7.

Ly KL. Chidgey J. Addington-Hall J. Hotopf M. Depression in palliative care: a systematic review. Part 2. Treatment. Palliative Medicine. 2002; 16(4): 279-84.

Nelson CJ. Rosenfeld B. Breitbart W. Galietta M. Spirituality, religion, and depression in the terminally ill. Psychosomatics. 2002; 43(3): 213-20.

Peveler R. Carson A. Rodin G. ABC of psychological medicine: Depression in medical patients. British Medical Journal, 2002; 323: 149-52.

Ripamonti C. Filiberti A. Totis A. De Conno F. Tamburini M. Suicide among patients with cancer cared for at home by palliative-care teams. Lancet. 1999; 354(9193): 1877-8.

Stiefel R. Die Trill M. Berney A. Olarte JM. Razavi A. Depression in palliative care: a pragmatic report from the Expert Working Group of the European Association for Palliative Care. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2001; 9(7): 477-88.

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.