Mental Health Needs in Cancer - a Call for Change

Overview

Journal Future Healthc J

Specialty Health Services

Date 2023 Oct 3

PMID 37786642

Authors

Asanga Fernando

Marisa Tokell

Yostina Ishak

Jenna Love

Matthias Klammer

Mickey Koh

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

There is continued under-recognition and underinvestment in the psychological and mental health aspects of care for cancer patients, despite the fact that increased patient survival rates in cancer mean that patients are living longer after diagnosis. In this article, we advocate for better integration and joint working between clinicians across all areas, including education and research, impacting positively on the outcomes and care of cancer patients.

Citing Articles

The effectiveness of solution-focused therapy in cancer-related symptom management: a systematic review.

Maleki M, Mardani A, Gholami M, Hanifi N, Vaismoradi M Support Care Cancer. 2024; 32(12):803.

PMID: 39557681 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-09008-x.

Future healthcare must benefit all.

Future Healthc J. 2023; 10(2):95.

PMID: 37786638 PMC: 10540800. DOI: 10.7861/fhj.ed.10.2.1.

No true health without mental health.

Sampson E, Fox K Future Healthc J. 2023; 10(2):96-97.

PMID: 37786633 PMC: 10540797. DOI: 10.7861/fhj.ed.10.2.2.

References

Sharpe M, Walker J, Holm Hansen C, Martin P, Symeonides S, Gourley C . Integrated collaborative care for comorbid major depression in patients with cancer (SMaRT Oncology-2): a multicentre randomised controlled effectiveness trial. Lancet. 2014; 384(9948):1099-108. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61231-9. View

Wen S, Xiao H, Yang Y . The risk factors for depression in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer. 2018; 27(1):57-67. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4466-9. View

Arvanitou E, Nikoloudi M, Tsoukalas N, Parpa E, Mystakidou K . Factors associated with anxiety and depression in cancer patients: Demographic factors and the role of demoralization and satisfaction with care. Psychooncology. 2023; 32(5):712-720. DOI: 10.1002/pon.6115. View

Walker J, Holm Hansen C, Martin P, Symeonides S, Ramessur R, Murray G . Prevalence, associations, and adequacy of treatment of major depression in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional analysis of routinely collected clinical data. Lancet Psychiatry. 2015; 1(5):343-50. DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)70313-X. View

Burris J, Andrykowski M . Disparities in mental health between rural and nonrural cancer survivors: a preliminary study. Psychooncology. 2009; 19(6):637-45. PMC: 2880195. DOI: 10.1002/pon.1600. View

Gotze H, Friedrich M, Taubenheim S, Dietz A, Lordick F, Mehnert A . Depression and anxiety in long-term survivors 5 and 10 years after cancer diagnosis. Support Care Cancer. 2019; 28(1):211-220. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-019-04805-1. View

Kuba K, Esser P, Mehnert A, Hinz A, Johansen C, Lordick F . Risk for depression and anxiety in long-term survivors of hematologic cancer. Health Psychol. 2019; 38(3):187-195. DOI: 10.1037/hea0000713. View

Warrington T, Bostwick J . Psychiatric adverse effects of corticosteroids. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006; 81(10):1361-7. DOI: 10.4065/81.10.1361. View

Kayser M, Kohler C, Dalmau J . Psychiatric manifestations of paraneoplastic disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2010; 167(9):1039-50. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101547. View

10.

Robson A, Scrutton F, Wilkinson L, MacLeod F . The risk of suicide in cancer patients: a review of the literature. Psychooncology. 2010; 19(12):1250-8. DOI: 10.1002/pon.1717. View

11.

Prieto J, Blanch J, Atala J, Carreras E, Rovira M, Cirera E . Psychiatric morbidity and impact on hospital length of stay among hematologic cancer patients receiving stem-cell transplantation. J Clin Oncol. 2002; 20(7):1907-17. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2002.07.101. View

12.

Ehrlich K, Miller G, Scheide T, Baveja S, Weiland R, Galvin J . Pre-transplant emotional support is associated with longer survival after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016; 51(12):1594-1598. PMC: 9362778. DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2016.191. View

13.

Walker J, Waters R, Murray G, Swanson H, Hibberd C, Rush R . Better off dead: suicidal thoughts in cancer patients. J Clin Oncol. 2008; 26(29):4725-30. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.11.8844. View

14.

Caruso R, Breitbart W . Mental health care in oncology. Contemporary perspective on the psychosocial burden of cancer and evidence-based interventions. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2020; 29:e86. PMC: 7214708. DOI: 10.1017/S2045796019000866. View

15.

Weaver K, Geiger A, Lu L, Case L . Rural-urban disparities in health status among US cancer survivors. Cancer. 2012; 119(5):1050-7. PMC: 3679645. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27840. View

16.

Papathanasiou I, Kelepouris K, Valari C, Papagiannis D, Tzavella F, Kourkouta L . Depression, anxiety and stress among patients with hematological malignancies and the association with quality of life: a cross-sectional study. Med Pharm Rep. 2020; 93(1):62-68. PMC: 7051817. DOI: 10.15386/mpr-1502. View

17.

Romero-Luna G, Mejia-Perez S, Ramirez-Cruz J, Aguilar-Hidalgo K, Ocampo-Diaz K, Moscardini-Martelli J . Schizophrenia-Like Psychosis Presented in a Patient With a Temporal Lobe Tumor: A Case Report. Cureus. 2022; 14(9):e29034. PMC: 9552956. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.29034. View

18.

Kuczmarski T, Tramontano A, Mozessohn L, LaCasce A, Roemer L, Abel G . Mental health disorders and survival among older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the USA: a population-based study. Lancet Haematol. 2023; 10(7):e530-e538. PMC: 10654921. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00094-7. View

19.

Noorani Mejareh Z, Abdollahi B, Hoseinipalangi Z, Jeze M, Hosseinifard H, Rafiei S . Global, regional, and national prevalence of depression among cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Indian J Psychiatry. 2022; 63(6):527-535. PMC: 8793718. DOI: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_77_21. View

20.

Chang W, Lai A . Cumulative burden of psychiatric disorders and self-harm across 26 adult cancers. Nat Med. 2022; 28(4):860-870. PMC: 9018408. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01740-3. View