New Study: Cancer PTSD Could Affect One-Fifth of Patients

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is usually associated with soldiers after war, natural disaster victims and other tragedy sufferers. But a new study has discovered that about 20% of individuals diagnosed with cancer also develop signs of PTSD.

What the Cancer PTSD Study Showed

The 2017 study was conducted by the National University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and published in Cancer, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The researchers surveyed close to 500 adults with various types of cancer. They were tested psychologically within one month of diagnosis, after six months and after four years.

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