A three-tier process for screening depression and anxiety among children and adolescents with cancer.

Maya YardeniGadi Abebe CampinoShira BursztynAnat ShamirEhud Mekori-DomachevskyAmos TorenDoron Gothelf

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2020)

Using the K-SADS, we found that anxiety and depressive disorders are very common in youngsters with cancer. The three-tier screening process we developed for depression and anxiety in this population provides practical cutoff values for identifying depressive and anxiety disorders in children with cancer.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
squamous cell
bipolar disorder
young adults
childhood cancer
physical activity
stress induced
depressive symptoms