The psychiatric management of end-of-life pain and associated psychiatric comorbidity.

摘要: Involvement by psychiatrists in the care of patients who are terminally ill has been limited historically; however, increasingly participating these people facing most challenging times their lives. Pain management is considered to be an area subspecialization for beyond traditional role being psychopharmacologists and psychotherapists. Biologically focused able address neuropsychiatric disorders, including pain depression medically ill, actively improve quality life dying family members. This article provides a review recent literature that addressed involvement end-of-life care. Beginning with example scientific aspects cancer-related treatment from patient’s perspective, into major considerations, this addresses pain, its recognition, challenges when end approaches. The prompt recognition frequently overlooked underestimated concomitant depressions, delirium, dementia, other mental disorders important health specialists. importance psychiatric phase also discussed.