PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL STATE OF PATIENT WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER

Abstract

Psychotraumatic moments are both the detection of a malignant process itself and the ideas in society about its low curability, a high percentage of deaths, crippling consequences, risky surgical interventions, radiation and chemotherapy associated with somatic discomfort. Studies of the psychological reactions of cancer patients have revealed that they may correspond to a psychotic level. At all stages of the oncological process, patients experience emotional stress, which forms psychogenic reactions that qualitatively reflect premorbid personality characteristics. A high percentage in their structure belongs to depression and anxiety. Depression is found in 1/3 of cancer patients. Some foreign authors provide data that 24% of patients hospitalized for treatment for a malignant neoplasm were in a state of severe depression, 18% had moderate depression, and 14% of patients had symptoms of depression and “annoyance.” Anxiety in cancer patients is often associated with the symptoms of the disease and the treatment being carried out. It can be acute, chronic, or a consequence of a previous pathology that is aggravated by a new disease. It is impossible not to take into account the anxiety before each outpatient visit to the doctor. Pain itself can cause symptoms of acute anxiety. Pre-existing conditions of chronic anxiety that may worsen include anxiety and panic disorders, and phobias. There are reports that anxiety and depression are often not recognized, which negatively affects quality of life and the reverse development of the oncological process.