King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer, and there is speculation about how the royal family will cope.Source: Carfax2 / Wikimedia Commons, CC
The authors of the study concluded that depression increased the risk of cancer diagnosis consistently. The types of cancer showing the greatest increased risk due to depression are known to be strongly associated with risky behaviors such asDepression Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Subsequent Cancer Diagnosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study with 235,404 Patients
Happy Thus Survivor? A systematic review and meta‐analysis on the association between cancer survival and positive states, emotions, and traits However, is it possible the field has taken too simplistic a view of our emotional states and focused on negative or positive emotions as being merely the opposite of each other when, in fact, positive emotions perhaps should not be confused with merely the absence of negative emotions?