a majority of women diagnosed with bc develop symptoms of PTSD

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edited March 2016 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results
a majority of women diagnosed with bc develop symptoms of PTSD
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  • besa
    besa Member Posts: 1,088
    edited March 2016

    http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-03-mental-traum...

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.4102/abstract

    "According to a study led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers, a majority of patients diagnosed with breast cancer go on to develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and in most of these cases the symptoms persist for at least a year...."

    " "Cognicares is one of the very few longitudinal studies of traumatic stress associated with breast cancer," says Hermelink. Moreover, the data on which the study is based come from diagnostic interviews conducted by psychologists, and not from self-assessments. Only patients who were free of metastatic disease, and could therefore hope to get permanently cured, were recruited into the study, and women who had a history of psychiatric disease were excluded. "Indeed, we assume that the study is likely to somewhat underestimate the true incidence of post-traumatic stress symptoms in breast cancer patients," Hermelink adds."

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  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited March 2016

    ah ha! You mean it wasn't all in my head? I wasn't being overly dramatic? I wasn't being weak?

    I hope oncs try to assist with these symptoms and not pass it off to the PCP or treat us like drug seekers. (Heck, I didn't even know what a Xanax was pre-dx, let alone use one. )

    Thanks Besa

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  • labelle
    labelle Member Posts: 721
    edited March 2016

    Gee, what a surprise. NOT!

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  • SummerAngel
    SummerAngel Member Posts: 1,006
    edited March 2016

    Assessing patients for emotional distress is part of the NCCN guidelines for survivorship. My MO is very good about asking me questions about how I'm doing emotionally.

    http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pd...


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