General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 334-336 , May 2010

Measuring improvement in depression in cancer patients: a 50% drop on the self-rated SCL-20 compared with a diagnostic interview

  • Mark O'Connor, M.B., Ch.B.

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Psychological Medicine Research, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, EH10 5HF Edinburgh, UK. Tel.: +44 0131 537 6934; fax: +44 0131 537 6641.
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  • Isabella Butcher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Sciences Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK
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  • Christian Holm Hansen, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland, UK
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  • Annet Kleiboer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland, UK
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  • Gordon Murray, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Sciences Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK
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  • Neelom Sharma, M.B., Ch.B.

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland, UK
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  • Parvez Thekkumpurath, M.B., B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland, UK
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  • Jane Walker, M.B., Ch.B.

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland, UK
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  • Michael Sharpe, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland, UK

Received 23 August 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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☆ Work performed at Psychological Medicine Research, The University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh NHS Cancer Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

☆☆ Funding: Cancer Research UK.

★ This work is original and has not been published elsewhere.

★★ Disclosures: The authors report no competing interests.

PII: S0163-8343(10)00002-2

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.01.001

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 334-336 , May 2010

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