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Pink Ribbon Review | Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

May 13th, 2008

Breast Cancer Can Cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

People newly diagnosed with breast cancer have very specific mental health needs. Check out the facts cited in a 2006 Psych Central article:

“While nearly half of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients experience clinically significant mental anguish before treatment begins, the disorders are often unrecognized and undertreated. In a new study by Dartmouth Medical School researchers, […]

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