Objective: Emotional distress (ED) is an underdiagnosed problem in cancer patients and
over the last decade a number of national guidelines have recommended an assessment …

Given the high prevalence (30–35%) of psychosocial and psychiatric morbidity amongst
cancer patients in any phase of the disease trajectory, screening for emotional problems and …

Background: There is uncertainty regarding how well clinical nurse specialists are able to
identify distress in cancer settings. Methods: We examined recognition of patientreported …

Psychological distress is common in cancer patients, however, it is often unrecognized and
untreated. We aimed to identify barriers to cancer patients expressing their psychological …

Purpose: To examine the possible effect of an educational model on distress screening in
newly diagnosed cancer patients referred to Psychooncology service (POS). Methods: We …

Several studies have shown that 30–40% of cancer patients present psychosocial disorders
according to the DSM-IV and WHO ICD-10 disease classification systems and a further 20 …

Abstract To:(1) estimate the prevalence of clinically significant emotional distress in patients
attending a cancer outpatient department and (2) determine the associations between …

This article provides oncology nurses with an overview of the incidence, diagnosis, and
treatment of emotional distress in patients with cancer. Oncology nurses tend to focus more …

Purpose This study evaluates how patterns of psychosocial referral of patients with elevated
distress differ in a 'systematic screening for distress' condition versus a 'usual …

Objective Many patients who experience distress do not seek help, and little is known about
the reasons for this. We explored the reasons for declining help among patients who had …