| Autor: |
Styra R; Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada., Sakinofsky I, Mahoney L, Colapinto ND, Currie DJ |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Psychosomatics [Psychosomatics] 1993 Jan-Feb; Vol. 34 (1), pp. 53-60. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/S0033-3182(93)71927-1 |
| Abstrakt: |
One hundred patients referred to a teaching hospital breast clinic for as yet undiagnosed breast masses were interviewed during their first visits and prior to assessment by a surgeon. Baseline measures of mental state and coping style were obtained. Despite the purpose of their visits, 74 of the patients were "nonidentifiers" of the breast lump as a problem on their initial contact with the clinic. All patients who were non-identifiers also used denial as a coping mechanism. Nonidentifiers used more than three times the number of avoidant coping mechanisms than "identifiers." Patients with a family history of breast cancer were more likely to be identifiers than those without a family history. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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