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Prevalence of Neoplasms among Former Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between psychiatric disorders and neoplasms. METHODS: A follow-up study of a population-based cohort of patients admitted for psychiatric care between the ages 13–17 years. The cases were patients with a follow-up diagnosis of neoplasm. The K-SADS-PL interview w...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710417/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31389225 http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2019.04.20 |
Sumario: | OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between psychiatric disorders and neoplasms. METHODS: A follow-up study of a population-based cohort of patients admitted for psychiatric care between the ages 13–17 years. The cases were patients with a follow-up diagnosis of neoplasm. The K-SADS-PL interview was used to assess DSM-IV based psychiatric diagnoses at adolescence. The treatment episodes due to neoplasms and related psychiatric disorders were extracted from the National Health Care Registers. RESULTS: Of the original cohort, 6.3% of subjects had a neoplasm diagnosis. Male cases were characterized as taking snuff and females as having a fear of becoming obese. 75% of cases had smoked regularly and 47% suffered from substance misuse disorder already in adolescence. At a mean age of 22 years, the diagnoses of skin or soft tissue neoplasms were prevailing, three being malignant neoplasms of the skin, mouth or colon. Non-psychotic disorders were comorbid both two years before (26%) and after (33%) the neoplasm diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Focus on psychiatric symptoms of patients with neoplasms may enhance their treatment outcome and quality of life. |
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