Psychiatric Oncology Center

A cancer diagnosis can cause emotions like anxiety, depression, grief and fatigue. These feelings can hit not only the cancer patient, but their loved ones as well. Help is available.  MD Anderson's Psychiatric Oncology Center provides care designed to maximize the quality of life for cancer patients and their caregivers

Conditions treated and services offered at the center include:

• Cancer-related anxiety and depression
• Neuropsychiatric complications of cancer and cancer treatment
• Cancer-related sexual dysfunction
• Body image difficulties
• Emotional distress in caregivers
• Psychiatric care for children with cancer
• Assessments and treatment referrals for alcohol abuse, substance abuse and suicide risk
  

Referrals

Care at the Psychiatric Oncology Center is available to inpatients and outpatients at MD Anderson. Patients can request a referral to the center from their MD Anderson care team.