Treatment of a Depressed Breast Cancer Patient With Problem-Solving Therapy Export

@article{citeulike:5785157, abstract = {Problem-solving therapy (PST) has emerged as a promising treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). The treatment, which is brief and easily accessible to a variety of health practitioners, has often been implemented within primary care settings. Building on this research, this case study highlights utilization of problem-solving therapy with a breast cancer patient diagnosed with recurrent major depression, applied within the context of a medical center oncology clinic. Following an 8-session PST protocol, the patient demonstrated notable decreases in self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms and an overall increase in quality of life and medical functioning. Consistent with an accumulating literature, these data support PST as an effective and parsimonious intervention for individuals with depression and concurrent medical problems such as breast cancer. 10.1177/1534650109337732}, author = {Carvalho, John P. and Hopko, Derek R.}, citeulike-article-id = {5785157}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534650109337732}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ccs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/4/263}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1534650109337732}, journal = {Clinical Case Studies}, keywords = {cancer, case-reports, depression, problem-solving, therapy}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {263--276}, posted-at = {2009-09-15 06:57:27}, priority = {3}, title = {Treatment of a Depressed Breast Cancer Patient With Problem-Solving Therapy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534650109337732}, volume = {8}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5785157 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5785157 N2 - Problem-solving therapy (PST) has emerged as a promising treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). The treatment, which is brief and easily accessible to a variety of health practitioners, has often been implemented within primary care settings. Building on this research, this case study highlights utilization of problem-solving therapy with a breast cancer patient diagnosed with recurrent major depression, applied within the context of a medical center oncology clinic. Following an 8-session PST protocol, the patient demonstrated notable decreases in self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms and an overall increase in quality of life and medical functioning. Consistent with an accumulating literature, these data support PST as an effective and parsimonious intervention for individuals with depression and concurrent medical problems such as breast cancer. 10.1177/1534650109337732 IS - 4 JF - Clinical Case Studies EP - 276 TI - Treatment of a Depressed Breast Cancer Patient With Problem-Solving Therapy VL - 8 SP - 263 KW - cancer KW - case-reports KW - depression KW - problem-solving KW - therapy AU - Carvalho, John AU - Hopko, Derek PY - 2009/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534650109337732 ER -