| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Up to 80% of patients experience significant distress as a result of the initial diagnosis (Hughes, 1982; Irvine, Brown, Crooks, Roberts, & Browne, 1991), while 30% to 44% are sufficiently symptomatic to merit a psychiatric diagnosis, including adjustment disorders and depression (Derogatis et al., 1983; Ford, Lewis, & Fallowfield, 1995).
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