Short Communication Open Access
Volume 3 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/Psychiatry.3.027
Psychosis and cancer: An uncanny resemblance
Zahra Yousaf1,*, Yousaf Iqbal2
- 1Bolton School Girls Division, Chorley New Rd, Bolton, United Kingdom BL1 4PA
- 2Consultant Psychiatrist, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Corresponding Author
Zahra Yousaf, Zahra.you@icloud.com
Received Date: January 16, 2023
Accepted Date: February 21, 2023
Yousaf Z, Iqbal Y. Psychosis and cancer: An uncanny resemblance. Curr Res Psychiatry. 2023;3(1):1-2.
Copyright: © 2023 Yousaf Z, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Psychosis can be considered a cancer of the mind. There are similarities in the etiopathology, diagnosis, assessing severity, management and prognosis of psychosis and cancer. Exploring this will offer a unique perspective and advance our understanding of psychosis which may help develop new management strategies.
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