CONTENTS• INTRODUCTION.

• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE DIAGONSIS.

• PSYCHOLOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE TREATMENT.

• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS POST-TREATMENT AND DURING RECOVERY.

• THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.

• CONCLUSION.

• REFERENCES.

• Oral cancer is the 5th most common

type of cancer in the Indian sub-

continent with 20 per 100000

affected and 5 people succumbing

to it every hour everyday.

• The burden of oral cancer is often

manifested in psychological

dysfunction but it is poorly studied

or understood .

INTRODUCTION

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

OF THE DIAGONSIS

PANIC AND APPREHENSION

FEAR 0F 6 D’s

ANXIOUS WAIT

GUILT

PROGNOSIS UNCERTAINTY

FEELING HOPELESS AND LOST

DEPRESSION

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF

THE TREATMENT

• ANXIETY of the treatment outcomes

• SIDE EFFECTS of the treatment procedures

• COST of treatment

• CONCERNS of dependents and success of the treatment

• PHOBIA of treatments

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

POST-TREATMENT AND

DURING RECOVERY

LOSS OF SELF -ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE

DEPRESSION

SELF- ISOLATION

RESORTING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE

RE D U C TI O N I N A N X I E TY

DEPRESSION AND FEAR OF DEATH IN

REMISSION CASES.

THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE!!

Prevention is better than

cure. CARE TEAMFAMILY

PATIENT

Better understanding and research

“ You can be either a victim or a survivor . It’s just the

mind-set.”

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