Stigmabase | North America

Cancer and mental health  - And while palliative-care psychiatry is a well established sub-specialty worldwide, here, the burden of mental disorders arising from cancer have to be ...

One daughter has cancer and one has mental illness . Only one is able to find treatment - A Vancouver Island couple, with one daughter fighting cancer and another dealing with serious mental health issues, is pleading for help.

Breast Cancer Awareness Over Celebrated at Expense of Mental Health  - Breast Cancer Awareness has become overly celebrated at the expense of mental health and other illnesses that are of equal or greater health ...

Improvements to mental health services for parents who lost a child to cancer are needed  - Parents of children with cancer appear to need, want, and often access bereavement mental health services after the death of their child , according to ...

 Good health isn't about diet alone  - So much illness I see in my surgery is related to unhealthy weight and exercise levels, from diabetes and heart disease to cancer and mental health  ...

Mental Health Among Teens And Young Adults  - Deadly chronic conditions garner much attention from health care providers and researchers seeking to prevent cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

Mental health services also face shortage in providers under ...  - Parity for depression and mental illness , which are often relegated by a system more concerned with treating ailments such as high blood pressure and cancer,  ...

Marijuana Appears to Benefit Mental Health - Mdically, cannabis can be prescribed for physical ailments like arthritis and cancer symptoms as well as mental health issues like PTSD, depression ...

Cancer survivors often living with PTSD - Cancer patients may often experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the months after their tumors are diagnosed, and mental health issues can sometimes linger for years, a Malaysian study suggests. Six months after diagnosis, 22% of cancer patients reported symptoms of ...

Plea for help for 9/11 cancer victims : Over the past decade, most of the millions of dollars spent on helping treat sick Ground Zero workers has been focused on respiratory problems and mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Cancer treatment has been specifically ... The Guardian

Understanding the fragility of mental health in survivorship Cancer is not just a physical disorder. It can trigger mental disorders that surface long after it has been cured or gone into remission. Anxiety and depression  ...

End mental health stigma, says partner  - He said that mental illness should be treated like any other illness in the workplace in order for it to be properly managed, and noted that a cancer ...

Mental illness, like cancer, is not a life-style choice Some people get mentally ill and some don't . Oftentimes, people do not know that medications and counselling can help to relieve many mental disorders . SADE OGUNTOLA reports. Mental health challenges can befall anyone, at any time. For most people ...

Virtual therapy sessions make mental - health care more widely available  - Facing a new diagnosis of cancer, Josh Stoffregen needed his therapist more than ever. But with daily chemo and a depleted immune system, leaving ...

Mental illness impact said to be bigger than cancer : "People can often dismiss mental illnesses as, 'Oh, that person is just feeling a little blue,'" said Sujitha Ratnasingham, lead author of the report by the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences and Public Health Ontario. "But they don't fully ... CBC.ca

A Monumental Problem  - More workers miss work because of mental illness than any physical condition like cancer and heart disease, according to Employers Health, ...