RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONCOLOGICAL DISEASE AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISTURBANCES AND PRESCRIPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.

Introduction and objectives: Cancer is probably the most feared disease in the modern world. It is a difficult truth because it refers the doctor and the patient to a confrontation with the idea of death. The psychological component in cancer treatment is increasingly recognized. To evaluate the relation between the oncological disease and psychiatric disturbances that this implies in the course of the disease. Study and characterization of two populations with oncologic pathology and the assessment of prescription of psychotropic drugs during. Methods: Cross-sectional study of two files of two health unit of patients that presented a cancer diagnosis in their list of problems, according to the ICPC-2 classification. Internal evaluation and peer review through data sources SAM®, MIM@UF, MedicineOne®. The descriptive analysis was performed through Excel. Results and conclusions: The age bracket with the greatest incidence of neoplasia is ≥ 75 years, with a larger prevalence in the male gender. The more frequent in the population under study were prostate, colon and breast cancer. 42.5% of the patients were medicated with psychotropic drugs. Of the patients medicated 58.5% started this therapy after the diagnosis of cancer. The most used pharmacological group were the benzodiazepines, in monotherapy (27%) or in association with antidepressants (22%). The prevailing psychiatric disturbances were adjustment reactions and major depression. There was an excessive use of benzodiazepines in detriment of antidepressants. The various types of cancer and the various types of treatment have different implications that can translate into levels of disparate psycho-pathologies.