Cancer patients with a history of depression and anxiety disorders are at a much higher risk of experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following diagnosis. Professor Barbara Anderson, a psychologist and the study author, examined the profiles of 74 breast cancer patients and found 12 (16 percent) suffered PTSD 18 months after diagnosis. A further 15 (20 percent) experienced severe symptoms, referred to as subsyndromal symptoms, but not sufficient to be diagnosed.
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