<p>It's tough living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer. While the disease has one of the highest survival rates of any cancer, the side effects of treatment can be life-long and take a heavy toll on men's mental health.\nOf the more than 3 million men currently living in the US with the aftermath of a diagnosis, over a million will experience anxiety and depression, sometimes long-term. Compared with men in the general population, men with prostate cancer are twice as likely to experience depression and three times more likely to experience anxiety.\nUnaddressed psychological distress in men with prostate cancer can result in poorer treatment outcomes and lower quality of life. The risk of suicide for these men is greatest within the first year after diagnosis. However, despite routine medical follow-ups, most men with prostate cancer do not receive adequate psychological support. They are left to deal with a challenging treatment and survival journey without advice and tools to help themselves. Life is often never the same after a diagnosis of prostate cancer.\nFacing the Tiger is written by health psychologist and nurse Suzanne Chambers, one of the world's foremost experts in the psychology of cancer, specifically to address this need. It is designed to help men with prostate cancer and their wives and partners deal with challenges, decisions, and stress as they move through treatment. The book is based on solid evidence and over 30 years of professional experience and training. It includes authentic personal stories from those who have traveled the path before, along with practical strategies to manage stress and anxiety, improve health and wellbeing, make difficult decisions, seek support, and find a sense of ease about the situation in which you find yourself.\nIt is professionally endorsed by urology clinicians and nurses as a vital support step between the short (often scary) handouts full of statistics and bullet points available to men after diagnosis and the need for therapy when things get too tough to handle alone.\nAs Suzanne herself says: "The road ahead is yours to travel. Parts of the future may seem clear. Some of it will be uncertain. Either way, it belongs to you. We can't always choose what comes our way. But we can choose how we respond."</p>

Facing the Tiger: A Survivorship Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer and their Partners (US edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Chambers, Suzanne

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Applied Psychology Press

<p>Prostate cancer is now the most common male cancer in the western world, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer. In the United States over 2.5 million men are living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer; in the UK over 250,000 men, and in Australia over 120,000 men. For each man who has had prostate cancer, there will be people close who care about them, and love them, who are also deeply affected. This book provides practical strategies to help cope with the emotional and psychological stress of living with prostate cancer and to regain a sense of ease about the situation in which you may find yourself. Written by one of the world’s leading researchers into the psychological effects of cancer and how best to provide support for individuals and couples, it is structured so that the reader can choose whatever chapter seems most relevant right now. Personal stories and insights from men and their partners offer emotional comfort and inspiration throughout. While everyone’s experience of prostate cancer is uniquely their own there is nothing quite like the wisdom that comes from others who have already walked the path.</p>

Facing the Tiger: A Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer and the People Who Love Them

Australian Academic Pr

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Facing the Tiger: A Survivorship Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer and their Partners (US edition)

Facing the Tiger: A Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer and the People Who Love Them