Reconceptualizing mental health in cancer survivorship
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Trends in Cancer
Volume
10
Issue
8
First Page
677
Last Page
686
PubMed ID
38890021
Publisher
Elsevier
School
Exercise Medicine Research Institute / School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
71202
Funders
MASCC / National Health and Medical Research Council / National Institutes of Health (R01 AA026879, R01 MH048463, R01 MH131606, R01AG053217, R01AG077742, U19AG51426)
Grant Number
NHMRC Numbers : APP2018070, GNT1154651
Abstract
Mental health for cancer survivors in both research and clinical applications has strongly adopted a traditional nosological approach, involving the classification of psychopathology into discrete disorders. However, this approach has recently faced considerable criticism due to issues such as high comorbidity and within-disorder symptom heterogeneity across populations. Moreover, there are additional specific issues impacting the validity of traditional approaches in cancer survivorship populations, including the physiological effects of cancer and its treatments. In response, we provide the case for the hierarchical dimensional approach within psycho-oncology, in particular the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). We discuss not only the potential utility of HiTOP to research and clinical applications within psycho-oncology, but also its limitations, and what is required to apply this approach within cancer survivorship.
DOI
10.1016/j.trecan.2024.05.008
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Haywood, D., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Wright, A. G., Forbes, M. K., Dauer, E., ... & Hart, N. H. (2024). Reconceptualizing mental health in cancer survivorship. Trends in Cancer, 10(8), 677-686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trecan.2024.05.008