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A Cancer Patient's Guide to Overcoming Depression and Anxiety: Getting Through Treatment and Getting Back to Your Life

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This workbook has been extremely helpful in my life. It has made life with cancer more manageable and relieved my depression and anxiety. It is very user-friendly and doesn't try to confuse the reader with complicated professional lingo. The exercises are very easy to do, well structured, and not as time-consuming as some others I have tried. (The mindfulness techniques are especially great for when my kids are getting on my nerves!). This book has made my life a lot less stressful.

Finally, a truly useful book for dealing with the emotional side of having cancer. Hopko and Lejuez have assembled a collection of sensible techniques based on years of research on depression, anxiety, and the experience of cancer. The book begins with four chapters of useful information about cancer, cancer treatments, depression, anxiety, and the problems of avoiding upsetting situations. This is followed by six chapters of specific, well-reasoned, step-by-step instructions for overcoming depression and anxiety. (Contrary to what was said in another review, this book is not about being cured of cancer through the power of your mind - It's about coping with the emotional side of having cancer and working toward a happier and more fulfilling life). As a researcher and a clinician familiar with these issues, I would recommend this book to people coping with cancer and to therapists working with cancer patients.

I'm a psychologist and I know how devastating the diagnosis of cancer can be at first. It is so important to instill hope and to provide specific coping skills. This book is a bit dry in the first chapters dealing with the demographics of the illness. It reads like a dissertation. But the coping skills later in the book are quite helpful and specific. I recommend it to cancer patients and their families as a way to respond actively and positively to the challenges of dealing with this illness.

Sheer force of will can do wonders for the psyche, and can help versus anything. If one lets something beat them mentally, they will also be beaten physically. "A Cancer Patient's Guide to Overcoming Depression & Anxiety: Getting Through Treatment & Getting Back to Your Life" is a guide to training one's mind and spirit to overcome cancer, one of the most soul-crushing things a person can be diagnosed with. Packed with non-stop tips to help one overcome the negative emotions that a cancer diagnosis generates, "A Cancer Patient's Guide to Overcoming Depression & Anxiety" offers an upbeat and optimistic outlook that will help readers steady their mind to fight alongside their body and defeat the cancer. "A Cancer Patient's Guide to Overcoming Depression & Anxiety" is a must for any cancer patient, and recommended for community library health & self-help shelves everywhere.