Depression and Lung Disease Anyone who has experience with lung disease knows the strong link between how you feel physically, and how you feel emotionally. Whether you are facing COPD, lung cancer, asthma or another lung disease, it is not uncommon to feel stressed, anxious or even depressed. Sometimes you might notice you don’t feel like yourself but you are aren’t sure exactly what is bothering you. Undiagnosed depression can make it more difficult to manage your disease and has a large impact on your quality of life. Did you know that one-third of individuals with a chronic illness experience symptoms of depression? Or that a quarter of cancer patients may experience depression? If you have lung disease, you may want to get screened for depression. lung.org/about-us/our-impact/top-stories/depression-and-lung-disease.html
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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