Open AccessEffect of supportive psychotherapy on mental health status and quality of life of female cancer patients receiving chemotherapy for recurrent disease
Author(s) -
Avijit Mukherjee,
Koustav Mazumder,
Vikrant Kaushal,
Sushmita Ghoshal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_73_17
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , breast cancer , disease , cancer , mental health , supportive psychotherapy , chemotherapy , ovarian cancer , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy for their recurrent disease often report the presence of anxiety and depression.