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Trastornos del estado de ánimo al final de la vida: ¿desmoralización o depresión?
Gemma García-sorianoPilar Barreto Martínsubject
medicine.medical_specialtymedia_common.quotation_subjectPsicologíaSadnessPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyMoodPsychiatric ClassificationsmedicinePsychologyPsychiatryPathologicalPhysical illnessDepression (differential diagnoses)media_commondescription
This paper analyzes problems that result in an alteration of mood, particularly in the sadness found in people with a serious physical illness at the end of life. The problems and implications of an faulty diagnosis, the confusions associated with a diagnosis of depression, and the importance of differen-tiation between “normal” mood reactions to illness, and pathological reactions, are analyzed. Several studies are reviewed and analyzed that propose the incorporation of a new syndrome to the traditional psychiatric classifications: demoralization. Finally the implications, advantages, and inconveniences of including a demoralization syndrome are discussed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-01 |