Why only me? A case report of a breast cancer patient with unresolved trauma from a past disaster experience developing a mental disorder

Abstract

Abstract Little is known about how the psychological stress of having experienced a natural disaster affects cancer patients. We experienced a patient who was treated with breast cancer after having been stricken by a typhoon, which resulted in significant psychological damage. Treatment strategies should incorporate patients' mental health appropriately after disasters.

Keywords

• breast cancer
• disaster
• Japan
• mental health
• self‐compassion