Depression and Resilience in Breast Cancer Patients | Zendy

Gordana Ristevska-DimitrÐ ⁄ vska | Zendy; Petar Stefanovski | Zendy; Snezhana Smichkoska | Zendy; Marija Raleva | Zendy; Beti Dejanova | Zendy

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Depression and Resilience in Breast Cancer Patients

Author(s) -

Gordana Ristevska-DimitrÐ ⁄ vska,

Petar Stefanovski,

Snezhana Smichkoska,

Marija Raleva,

Beti Dejanova

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2015.119

Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , depression (economics) , anxiety , psychological resilience , distress , cancer , hospital anxiety and depression scale , clinical psychology , psychological distress , psychiatry , psychology , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics

A significant number of breast cancer patients, during their life with the diagnosis, experience emotional distress in the form of depression and anxiety. Psychological resilience is the ability of a person to protect his/her mental health when faced with adverse circumstances such as the cancer diagnosis. This study aims to assess the resilience in breast cancer patients and to explore whether depression affects the resilience.

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