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Depression Following Laryngectomy

A Pilot Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alan Byrne ,
Michael Walsh ,
Mary Farrelly  and
Kieran O'Driscoll
Alan Byrne*
Affiliation:
Alberta Hospital Ponoka, University of Alberta, Canada
Michael Walsh
Affiliation:
St James' Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Mary Farrelly
Affiliation:
St James' Hospital, Dublin
Kieran O'Driscoll
Affiliation:
ENT, St James' Hospital, Dublin
*
∗Correspondence: Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, 1E7.31 Mackenzie Centre, Edmonton T6E 2B7, Canada
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Abstract

When a group of 10 patients who had received surgery for carcinoma of the larynx were compared with 10 control patients who had received radiotherapy for carcinoma of the larynx, four of the former but none of the latter were found to be suffering from depression, a statistically significant difference. Depression was associated with poor communication skills and geographical isolation. Psychiatric intervention is recommended for patients undergoing mutilating forms of surgery.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 2 , August 1993 , pp. 173 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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