"I just felt that everything came tumbling down around me"-Barriers in cancer care for patients with severe mental illness: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with severe mental illness experience serious inequity when facing cancer treatment. They are less likely to be referred for cancer treatment following recommended guidelines and have poorer cancer survival than patients without mental illness. Relevant specialties such as psychiatry and general practice are rarely involved, and the patient perspective is rarely represented in research in the field. The present study investigated how patients with severe mental illness experience barriers to and facilitators of patient-centred cancer treatment and care.

Methods

In this qualitative case study, field observations, semi-structured interviews, and patient file analysis were performed with five patients with cancer in an adult psychiatric setting, included thr

SUBMITTER: Vendelsoe ANH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11771855 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature