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Characteristics of psychiatric consultations in a pediatric cancer center

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.3.363

Data on psychiatric consultations with 58 pediatric cancer patients are summarized. Although most patients received DSM-III axis I diagnoses, adjustment disorder was diagnosed in 30 cases (52%). The patients with primarily depressive features were significantly older than those with anxious features.

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