Cancer’s mental health impact: experiences of young adults

Not Your Grandma‘s Cancer Show

In this episode, Tatum welcomes Clare from Shine to review some of the experiences that were shared at Shine's annual conference. They hear from Rime, who lives with bipolar disorder and experienced a severe mental health emergency after her diagnosis; Ben who has experienced anxiety and used alcohol to cope; and from Ciaran who was diagnosed with testicular cancer and then experienced suicidal thoughts.

Warning: Please be aware that this episode contains descriptions of mental illness, suicide and alcohol abuse.