Post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms in women with Ovarian Cancer 3-6 Months after diagnosis
Whether cancer causes PTSD remains controversial. This small study, with 45 participants looked at the mental health of women three to six months after diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
The women were assessed using DSM criteria by structured clinical interview. The women had early to advanced stages of ovarian cancer.
29% of the women were diagnosed with PTSD. Those women also had a high rate of depression with significant functional impairment.
The authors suggest clinical suspicion of associated mental illness for ovarian cancer patients will enable early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
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