Improving cancer care for patients with mental illness
Part of Cancer clinical trials.
This study is testing a special support program to help people with serious mental health conditions who are newly diagnosed with cancer. The program will be available at certain cancer centers and may help coordinate your mental health and cancer care.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older.
- You have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression that required a hospital stay (psychiatric hospitalization).
- You have a new diagnosis of one of these cancers: breast, head/neck, stomach or bowel (GI), bladder/kidney or prostate (GU), lung (thoracic), or gynecologic cancer, and your doctor believes it can be treated with a goal to cure.
- You have had your first cancer clinic visit or been referred to a community cancer center within the last 8 weeks (this study is at Massachusetts General Hospital and its community sites).
- You can read and write in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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