Psychiatrist in My Pocket: Essential Psychiatric Skills for the Palliative Care Provider (P19)

Addressing the emotional difficulties of patients facing serious illness can present a variety of unique challenges. For instance, depressive disorders can have variable presentations across patient populations due to the complex interplay of symptoms of emotional distress with the symptoms of serious illness. It is challenging to navigate the diagnostic spectrum of grief, persistent complex bereavement disorder, demoralization, adjustment disorder with depressive features, and major depressive disorder.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research