Influence of psychical trauma through transgenerational transfer on the development of traumatic reactions in women with diagnosed breast cancer.

Earlier experience of psychological trauma of a close person can through a transgenerational transfer influence traumatic reactions of a person going through a trauma at present, resulting in a repetition of earlier traumatic experiences and a development of a variety of mental disturbances. Purpose of our study was to evaluate the influence of transgenerational transfer on the development of Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women with diagnosed breast cancer that had a family member with diagnosed cancer. The sample mainly consisted of 120 women treated in a Department of Oncology, Osijek University Hospital Center with diagnosis of newly discovered breast cancer, during the conduction of radio therapy having values Hamilton depression scale (HAM-D) from > or = 8 to < or = 24 or values Hamilton anxiety scale (HAM-A) from > or = 17 to < or = 30.

Influence of liaison psychiatric approach on quality of life in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

Having breast cancer represents traumatic stress event that can influence development of psychiatric disorders during psychological adjustment. The aim of research was to investigate influence of liaison psychiatric approach on quality of life in patients with breast cancer. Sample consisted of 120 women with breast cancer treated on Department for Oncology in University Hospital Osijek.