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Journal article Abstract: European Urology Focus Volume 6 Issue 6 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.11.010 “Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a common treatment for many men with prostate cancer. Use of ADT can have significant impacts on the mental health of patients with both localized and advanced disease. Prostate cancer patients receiving ADT have a 41% higherContinue reading “Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Mental Health: Impact on Depression and Cognition”

Journal article extract: Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16 December 2020 Louise Moodie, Gabriela Ilie, Robert Rutledge, Pantelis Andreou and Susan Kirkland DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.586260 “Taken together with other recent reports in the literature, the results of this study point to a need that is currently unacknowledged and unaddressed in prostate cancer survivorship care plans throughout Canada. LeavingContinue reading “Assessment of Current Mental Health Status in a Population-Based Sample of Canadian Men With and Without a History of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: An Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)”

Journal article extract: Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 29, Issue 1-2, 2020 Nicholas Ralph, Anna Green, Sally Sara, Suzanne McDonald, Philip Norris, Victoria Terry, Jeffrey C. Dunn, Suzanne K. Chambers DOI 10.1111/jocn.15096 “Specialist nurses are providing long-term survivorship care to men and their partners, however, few prostate cancer survivorship interventions are effective and priorities forContinue reading “Prostate cancer survivorship priorities for men and their partners: Delphi consensus from a nurse specialist cohort”

Journal article Abstract: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18, 2020 Gabriela Ilie, Ross Mason, David Bell, Greg Bailly, Ricardo A. Rendon, Robert Mann, Joseph G. Lawen, David Bowes, Derek Wilke, Nikhilesh Patil, and Robert D. H. DOI 10.1007/s11469-019-00108-y Mental health issues affect a third of prostate cancer survivors. Here, we describe the developmentContinue reading “Development and Initial Evaluation of a Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Mental Health and Quality of Life Among Prostate Cancer Survivors”

Journal article extract: Psycho-Oncology October 2019 Gabriela Ilie, Robert Rutledge, Ellen Sweeney DOI 10.1002/pon.5244 “The findings of the current study add significantly to the understanding of the relationship between prostate cancer and mental health. Unlike other segments of the population, survivors of prostate cancer are faced with several possible side effects of treatment that goContinue reading “Anxiety and depression symptoms in adult males in Atlantic Canada with or without a lifetime history of prostate cancer”