#depression

Mental health care before cancer treatment is associated with higher death rates for those with kidney, prostate or bladder cancer.

Brain fog can have many causes including cancer itself and different types of treatment.

Too little research is being done to ease the suffering caused by chemotherapy and other treatments.

A research team has sought to address the critical lack of treatment guidelines for addressing HIV’s complex effects on aging.

I pledge to not get downhearted by all of the things that are NOT going right and instead focus on what IS going right.

Experts attribute the difference between these caregivers and their white counterparts to stronger social support.

Though I laugh a lot, I definitely have been changed by the events in my life — for better and worse.

I don’t really know if I’m OK. Sometimes I think I am, sometimes I think I’m falling into a pit of despair I can’t get out of.

You will be amazed what you can accomplish when you take it one day at a time (sometimes just one minute at a time), one challenge at time.

The CALM program “intervenes proactively rather than just waiting for people to get distressed, anxious, depressed, and overwhelmed.”

Two small studies showed psilocybin plus psychotherapy helped relieve depression and anxiety in cancer patients.

According to a recent analysis, smoking in this population is tied to depression and high blood pressure.

We treat our bodies and help them to heal when we are sick or injured; why should our mental health and brains be different?

Treatments to reduce inflammation could help make HIV even less of a threat to health than antiretrovirals can alone.

If I’ve ever felt brave along this journey, it’s now. I’m asking for help and advocating for my own needs.