13 research outputs found
A review on effects of conjugated linoleic fatty acid (CLA) upon body composition and energetic metabolism
Computer aided modelling to simulate the biomechanical behaviour of customised orthodontic removable appliances
Effects of Mindfulness Training on Posttraumatic Growth: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The effect of widowhood on husbands’ and wives’ physical activity: the cardiovascular health study
The influence of pre-motivational factors on behavior via motivational factors: a test of the I-Change model
Computer use, sleep duration and health symptoms: a cross-sectional study of 15-year olds in three countries
Study of Stress Distribution in Maxillary Anterior Region during True Intrusion of Maxillary Incisors using Finite Element Methodology
Mental Health in Head and Neck Cancer
Acknowledging the health behaviors that lead to HNC, as well as the highly impactful location and functional changes from the cancer and treatment, has led to increasing interest in MH in HNC. The distressing aspects of HNC affect patients, their caregivers, and their physicians alike. MH must be a priority from diagnosis through to the end of these patients’ lives. Here we have summarized the known elements of MH in HNC. We have determined that health behaviors, such as tobacco use, alcohol use, and high-risk sexual behaviors that lead to heighten HPV infection risk, play a long-lasting and complex role with distress levels in HNC. Psychiatric illness is one aspect of psychosocial distress that can more easily be studied due to existing clinical frameworks from which to begin investigation, though other elements of distress are more difficult to identify and quantify. We have highlighted advances in stress management for improving MH in these patients, most notably cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions. This summary has led to the conclusion that the best is yet to come, with the open opportunities to define the mental health challenges in the landscape of HNC, to generate effective and validated treatments, and to pair treatments with patients and their caregivers