Mental Wellbeing In Your Fight Against Cancer

It is important to diagnose mental health changes at an early stage. However, such comorbid conditions when associated with cancer, usually fail being diagnosed or treated adequately. Individuals with depression might have worse cancer related outcomes as they are less likely to follow treatment plans or undergo regular screening process for prevention.

Epidemiology:

iii) 8–24% of cancer patients are living with depression,

Barriers to diagnosing mental health condition:

Mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety, share similar symptoms with cancer such as fatigue, lack of sleep and decreased appetite which confounds the diagnosis. The cancer care team may not be specifically trained to recognize mental health conditions. Given the resources incurred for cancer care, seeking mental health is relegated to inferiority.

Treatment:

Evidence shows that cancer patients who receive treatment for mental health conditions have fewer symptoms of depression and longer average survival times that those with more symptoms. Such individuals see improvement in their wellbeing following appropriate treatment, and are likely to complete their cancer care and thus have a better quality of life.

Some easier ways to take care of physical and mental health include:

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