心理学和精神病学：开放获取

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Coping with Psychological Stress and Depression in Terminal Ill Diagnosis

Suantak Demkhosei Vaiphei

Depression and stress are the two universal factors that pre-occupied the terminal ill patient in the most degraded way. Though the concept of psychological depressive symptoms affecting the terminal ill patient is not a new idea, yet still stood as an unsolved mystery in many clinical practices. It is the fact that treatment terminal ill diagnosis is always accompanied with several physical stressors and psychological stressors symptoms outcomes like toxins, mood disorder, trauma and low selfesteem. The stress and depressive symptoms resulted in weakening the patient physical body that increases the tumor metastasis rate. The outcomes of the stress and depressive symptoms hugely depend on the individual experience with the deadly disease and on how well he/ she copes with psycho-emotional issues in the course of illness. The psychological cognitive assessment is equally important alongside the physical pain symptom in terminal diagnosis. On the other hand, failing to acknowledge the stressors and depressive symptoms will decrease the patient life expectancy and also increase the rate of suicidal activities