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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2023 Mar 12;27(9):1744–1751. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2187758

Table 3.

DSM and Alternative Symptoms for Assessing Depression in OACS

Cognitive and Affective Somatic
DSM criteria -Anhedonia § N/A
-Mood
Non-DSM criteria - Reduction in social relationships/loneliness
- Lack of meaning and purpose
- Lack of usefulness/feeling like a burden
-Attitude towards treatment -Physical symptoms and limitations
-Regret/ guilt

DSM=Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

OACs=Older Adults with Cancer

§

Bold font indicates major themes, unbolded font indicates minor themes.