Kissane, David W., Levin, Tomer, Hales, Sarah, Lo, Christopher, and Rodin, Gary (2010) Psychotherapy for Depression in Cancer and Palliative Care. In: Kissane, David W., Maj, Mario, and Sartorius, Norman, (eds.) Depression and Cancer. World Psychiatric Association . Wiley, pp. 177-206.

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Abstract

[Extract] Evidence-based medicine advocates the use of effective interventions ahead of treatments not shown to have been efficacious. Jacobsen and Jim suggest that psychosocial cancer care that is ineffective is worse than no care at all [1]. This highlights the importance of assessing an intervention’s impact rather than relying on good intentions alone.

This chapter focuses on evidence-based psychotherapies, which have the largest probability of reproducible efficacy. We begin with individually-focused therapies for patients with early stage cancer, move to systemic therapies (couple, group and family) that bridge across all stages of cancer and conclude with psychotherapy for advanced cancer, including patients receiving palliative care.

Item ID:	86534
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Scholarly Work)
ISBN:	9780470689660
Copyright Information:	© 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2025 03:54
FoR Codes:	32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320221 Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy) @ 100%
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