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Cancer & depression

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Managing Cancer-Related Anxiety and General Mood Changes

Being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment can impact a patient's mental well-being. This video discusses anxiety and general mood as it can relate to a cancer experience.

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles...

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Coping with Depression

Cancer patients often get depressed simply because having cancer can be a depressing experience.

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Cancer Survivorship: If You Are Angry at God

This video is part of the Wellness Guide for Cancer Survivors, a new publication from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. It is for adults who have been diagnosed and treated for any type of cancer.

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Coping with Cancer: DBT Skills to Manage Your Emotions—and Balance Uncertainty with Hope

This compassionate book presents dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a proven psychological intervention that Marsha M. Linehan developed specifically for the impossible situations of life--and which she and Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz now apply to the unique challenges of cancer for the first time.

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Single Dose of Psychedelic Drug Eased Cancer Patients’ Anxiety, Depression for Years

The new research looked at cancer patients who took part in a study nearly five years ago.

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How to Navigate the Emotional Challenges of Breast Cancer: Tips from a Psychiatrist and Survivor

Feelings of anxiety, stress and depression are not uncommon for people with breast cancer, whether they’ve just been diagnosed, are undergoing treatment or are a survivor. Stephanie H.

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Dark Days: Depression May Precede a Cancer Diagnosis in Some Cases

It’s no surprise that patients with cancer might become depressed, but now researchers say depression could precede a diagnosis. Here’s what you should know about the link between these two conditions.

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Hand in Hand: Depression and Cancer

“One of his passions was to be by the ocean. He also loved being a police officer. He loved watching cop shows ever since he was a little kid. My dad was a 27-year veteran of the Elizabeth Police Department in New Jersey. He was diagnosed with lung cancer, stage four.

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Depression: Cancer’s Invisible Side Effect

Three in four depressed cancer patients don’t get enough help; survivors tell what it’s like to slip ‘down the rabbit hole’ — and how to climb back out.

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