Mental Health

Depression may have far-reaching consequences on the well-being of patients diagnosed with cancer, such as delayed treatment, longer hospital stays, and increased symptoms, and should therefore be treated properly.

Less than half of patients with cancer who have mental disorders or emotional distress are referred for appropriate care. This article tackles head-on how to deal with these issues as a patient.

Grief Counselor Kelly Grosklags says that being authentic in a world that stigmatizes mental health and judges raw emotions can be lonely and alienating. She provides tips on how to deal with some of the feelings that come with the layers of loss and mourning.

When she was 34 with a 6-year-old daughter, Sara Olsher was told she had breast cancer. What followed was a year and a half of treatment and connecting with her daughter in unique ways.

Providing mental health services for patients with terminal diagnoses, as stable mental health allows patients to physically respond in a positive way.

Kelly Grosklags, LICSW, BCD, FAAGC shares how Perfect Patient Syndrome can occur in patients with cancer who want to impress their providers. Perfect Patient Syndrome can lead to dishonesty and unreported symptoms.

In the United States, mental illness is common. In 2017, approximately 46.6 million American adults experienced some form of mental illness.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor Dan Dean tackles the stigmas and difficulties associated with mental health diagnoses and therapies.

Depression among cancer survivors is associated with an increased risk for suicide, poor quality of life, increased mortality risk, delayed return to work, and more frequent use of healthcare resources, which increases their medical costs.