How Gratitude Can Help When Coping With a Cancer Diagnosis
Gratitude and its ability to improve coping skills in patients with cancer are explained, as well as exercises for practicing it.
Gratitude and its ability to improve coping skills in patients with cancer are explained, as well as exercises for practicing it.
Breast cancer is an incredibly fraught experience for patients. Even beyond the diagnosis and treatment, the experience can create emotional issues that linger long after remission. Patients can have issues related to body image that can dramatically affect their self-esteem and sexuality as they work to regain a sense of normality in their daily lives.…
Assessments and interventions for younger and female patients with RCC may need to be targeted, as these patients may have a greater fear of disease recurrence.
All patients in this study reported positive behavioral change as much as 4.5 years after treatment with a single dose of psilocybin.
Interestingly, patients who presented with lower baseline anxiety and fewer unmet needs were shown to have the biggest benefit.
Pennebaker’s expressive writing intervention was developed to allow patients to express their worries and pains.
A randomized study evaluated the effectiveness of individual meaning-centered psychotherapy on psychological outcomes and spiritual well-being for patients with advanced cancer, compared with enhanced usual care or supportive psychotherapy.
[Lung Cancer: Targets and Therapy] This research reviews the current literature on psychosocial interventions in lung cancer, and discusses .
Participants with high risk of depression reported lower mood disturbance, anxiety, depression following intervention.
Called CALM, the psychological intervention tries to help patients live with their disease rather than just prepare them for the end of life.