Sherrill Cara, Smith Melissa, Mascoe Courtney, Bigus Elizabeth, Abbitt Danielle
College of Medicine, University of Central Florida.
Cureus. 2017 Oct 3;9(10):e1740. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1740.
Depression can have debilitating effects on patients with a chronic morbid disease, in particular, cancer. It has been found that patients with a depressive disorder have a poorer prognosis and increased mortality. There is a debate as to whether the treatment of the depressive disorder is beneficial to these patients. Studies demonstrate varying results with pharmacotherapy and behavioral therapy. All cancer patients should be periodically assessed for depressive disorder and the symptoms not dismissed as part of their cancer presentation due to the increased mortality.
抑郁症会对患有慢性疾病（尤其是癌症）的患者产生使人衰弱的影响。研究发现，患有抑郁症的患者预后较差且死亡率增加。关于抑郁症的治疗对这些患者是否有益存在争议。研究表明，药物治疗和行为治疗的结果各不相同。由于死亡率增加，所有癌症患者都应定期评估是否患有抑郁症，且其症状不应被视为癌症表现的一部分而被忽视。
