It is especially the first year after the cancer diagnosis that is critical. Here, the risk of a mental illness is quintupled compared to the rest of the population. (Archive photo). Photo: Linda Kastrup/Ritzau Scanpix
Half of cancer patients develop mental illness
A new study of nearly 300,000 Danes who had cancer shows that half of them developed anxiety, depression, or another mental illness within 25 years after diagnosis. According to cancer researcher Christoffer Johansen, a cancer diagnosis can be experienced as a life threat.
The first year after...
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