Introduction
There is a relationship between breast cancer and the mental state of patients. The people living with breast cancer experience anxiety challenges, fatigue, cognitive issues, and sexual dysfunctions. These emotional and physical problems contribute to patients’ overall well-being, affecting their mental status.
The Interrelationship Between Cancer and Mental Health
The mental status of breast cancer patients is triggered by the emotional, physical, cognitive, and physiological status of the victim. Women with breast cancer are depressed, and experience fear about the infection and the type of medication they should take, which affects their mental well-being. Research shows that breast cancer survivors have higher chances of increasing risks of mental problems (Carreira et al., 2021). This is because of their encounter with stress that is attributed to factors like recurrence of the infection, financial constraints, or family and job-related challenges. These anxious stressors affect their physiological, psychological, and health well-being and trigger operations of their mental status.
The severity of breast cancer affects the overall well-being of patients. Victims encounter emotional and physical challenges that affect their mental status. The upsurge in mental challenges for people living with breast cancer is due to factors like sex, ethnicity, religion, and culture (Carreira et al., 2021). These sociocultural factors hinder the well-being of individuals, which are characterized as physiological and sociocultural factors that affect the mental status of patients.
The mental state of victims can be attributed to health awareness. How victims comprehend their well-being influences their mental status. Occasionally, people living with breast cancer view the disease as fatal, which affects their mental health (Al Eid et al., 2020). Breast cancer patients encounter poor social relationships and support from peers and family members, which leads to escalation of stress that affects their mental well-being and emotional status.
Conclusion
In conclusion, once the mental, bodily, intellectual, and biological condition of victims is triggered, their mental status is also affected. Factors such as stress, depression, and anxiety about infections like breast cancer are commonly experienced by victims. Other factors, such as lack of social support from family members and peers, lead to poor home care for cancer patients. Escalation of these issues impacts the overall well-being of the mental status of patients, which affects the quality of life and physiological well-being of the infected. Therefore, to improve the quality of life for such victims, it is important to address mental issues that affect cancer patients.
Works Cited
Al Eid, Nawal A., et al. “Religiosity, Psychological Resilience, and Mental Health among Breast Cancer Patients in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research, vol. 14, 2020. Web.
Carreira, Helena, et al. “Quality of Life and Mental Health in Breast Cancer Survivors Compared with Non-Cancer Controls: A Study of Patient-Reported Outcomes in the United Kingdom.” Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 15, 2021, pp. 564-575. Web.