Depression in cancer patients

Depression in cancer patients - The Lancet Oncology

All patients who face a life-threatening diagnosis such as cancer experience a normal albeit painful emotional reaction, but a substantial minority will become ...

Feeling down or depressed - Cancer Council NSW

Getting help with depression; Video: Coping with emotions after a cancer diagnosis. Overview. Cancer survivors may feel sad or depressed because of the changes ...

Depression in cancer patients - ScienceDirect.com

All patients who face a life-threatening diagnosis such as cancer experience a normal albeit painful emotional reaction, but a substantial minority will become ...

Depression and cancer - National Cancer Centre Singapore

As having depression makes coping with cancer and its treatment more difficult, you are encouraged to seek help early if you notice any depressive symptoms in ...

Psychological aspects of depression in cancer patients: an update

Psychological factors that may also influence the appearance of depression or depressive symptoms in the oncology setting include but are not limited to the ...

Depression after cancer - Buffalo, NY

A few weeks before my last chemotherapy session, one of my nurses mentioned that “Sometimes, cancer patients feel depressed after they ...

Management of Anxiety and Depression in Adult Survivors of Cancer

In an effort to address this problem, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in 2014 published recommendations for routine screening using ...

Assessment of depression symptoms among cancer patients - Nature

Depression severity can be assessed using the beck depression inventory (BDI II). The purpose of the study was to use BDI-II scores to measure ...

Coping With Sadness and Depression After Cancer

Coping with sadness as the result of cancer treatment includes changes in your mood, feeling of isolation, weightloss and more.

Depression and anxiety in patients with cancer - The BMJ

In our experience patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorder require close vigilance after cancer diagnosis, as this may relapse or worsen ...

Living with Cancer: How to Deal with Depression - City of Hope

Feeling hopeless about the future; Disturbed sleep. Longer recovery times and long-term side effects from cancer treatments can leave you feeling sad and ...

Depression in Cancer Patients: Recognition and Treatment

Patients generally react to such crises by experiencing periods of denial or despair, along with a mixture of symptoms of depressed mood, anxiety, insomnia, and ...

Exploring the effects of depression on cancer outcomes

Pencil drawing of a depressed woman sitting on the floor with her head in her hands. Researchers address depression in cancer patients from ...

Cancer survivors: Managing your emotions after cancer treatment

Feeling mixed emotions now that your cancer treatment is over? Use these strategies to help heal your mind and adjust to life as a cancer survivor.

Depression and Anxiety in Cancer Patients - CancerConnect

Facing a diagnosis of cancer or cancer treatment can be very stressful and may result in depression for some patients.

Anxiety and depression | Irish Cancer Society

For example, fatigue or extreme tiredness are common side-effects for people undergoing cancer treatment but can also be caused by anxiety or depression.

Your Emotions After Treatment | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Just as cancer treatment affects your physical health, it affects the way you feel, think, and do the things you like to do.

Cancer and Mental Health

Finding out you have cancer can have a big impact on a person and their loved ones; and feelings of depression, anxiety and fear are common.

Management of psychiatric disorders in patients with cancer

The patients most at risk for depression and other psychiatric illness have advanced disease, a prior psychiatric history, poorly controlled ...

Depression Is Often Overlooked in Cancer Patients - Everyday Health

But, she says, her mental health had suffered. “People absolutely do not understand the panic a cancer diagnosis can cause,” Flumer says. “My ...