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Title of Journal: Curr Psychiatry Rep
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Abbravation: Current Psychiatry Reports
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Authors: Rosangela Caruso Luigi Grassi Maria Giulia Nanni Michelle Riba
Publish Date: 2013/08/16
Volume: 15, Issue: 9, Pages: 393-
Abstract
Psychopharmacological intervention is a major clinical and research area in oncology and palliative care Over the last 35 years psychotropic drugs have been shown to have a number of important indications for the treatment of the most common psychiatric disorders such as depression anxiety stressrelated syndromes severe adjustment disorders sleep disorders and delirium which combined affect at least 3040 of patients with cancer and even a higher percentage of patients in an advanced phase of illness The availability of new drugs with less sideeffects and safer pharmacological profiles has been a major advance in clinical psychooncology Interestingly several drugs have also been found to be helpful for the adjuvant treatment of cancerrelated symptoms such as pain hot flashes pruritus nausea and vomiting fatigue and cognitive impairment making psychopharmacology an important tool for the improvement of cancer patients’ quality of life The aim of this paper is to summarize recent relevant data concerning the use of psychotropic drugs namely antidepressants anxiolytics antipsychotics anticonvulsants and psychostimulants in patients with cancer
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