Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Cancer WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Cancer
Between 4% and 19% of cancer patients have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Being hospitalized with a serious illness for a long time, the frequent, painful, and intrusive interruptions by medical staff, sleep disruption, fear of the unknown, and isolation can cause PTSD.1
Fast Facts:
- One major symptom of PTSD involves reliving the traumatic event, sometimes in the form of flashbacks.1
- Increased risk for other problems such as depression, substance abuse, and changes in immune function and stress hormone regulation.1
- Treatment will help to improve quality of life.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 American Cancer Society: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Seen In Some Cancer Patients
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cancer and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD and Cancer, Cancer and PTSD
- Last update: Oct. 13, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
