The diagnosis of cancer is often linked to psychological morbidity. It has been reported that 47% of patients with cancer experience periods of anxiety or depression or both. Little is known about cancer patients’ psychological status before the diagnosis, this makes it diYcult to comment precisely on the eVect of the diagnosis of cancer on the patients’ psychological state. This paper reports ...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to evaluate symptom experience and quality of life (QOL) and to identify the predictors of QOL among breast cancer survivors. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 disease-free breast cancer survivors at two hospitals between December 2007 and July 2008. Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale-B, Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-sh...

PURPOSE The psychological distress of pediatricians is a major problem in bereavement care. In this study, the primary factor related to distress is clarified and the future directions of bereavement care provided by pediatricians are examined. METHOD A questionnaire was mailed to Japanese pediatricians belonging to the High-risk Infant Follow-up Association and the Society of Child Neurology...

BACKGROUND To review the peer reviewed literature on the psychological aspects of the prostate cancer experience of men in Asia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Medline and PsycINFO, CINAHL, ProQuest, and Web of Science (1999 - November Week 4, 2012) were searched. Inclusion criteria were: included men with prostate cancer and/or their partners or caregivers who identify as Asian recruited in an Asian ...

The psychological revolution that follows the onset of independent locomotion in the latter half of the infant's first year provides one of the best illustrations of the intimate connection between action and psychological processes. In this paper, we document some of the dramatic changes in perception-action coupling, spatial cognition, memory, and social and emotional development that follow ...

This article reviews the role of psychological factors in the development of persistent pain and disability, with a focus on how basic psychological processes have been incorporated into theoretical models that have implications for physical therapy. To this end, the key psychological factors associated with the experience of pain are summarized, and an overview of how they have been integrated...

each novel could be an objective and subjective experience of the human life. that is why, searching into the internal layers of the events and characters in a novel has always been one of the main concerns of the readers. psychological examinations of different aspects in a story based on the personality of its figures is a scientific method in the recognition and perception of it.