(PSYCHIATRIC TIMES) - CLEVELAND—Since sadness and anxiety are normal reactions to serious illness such as cancer, the challenge for the physician becomes determining which symptoms are appropriate to the situation and which are pathologic and require treatment, Susan J. Stagno, MD, said at a conference on palliative medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
The clinician must also keep in mind that psychiatric symptoms can be caused by medication or by a medical condition. Poorly…
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