Psychological care methods for patients with colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer patients are in great pain. While drugs can reduce patients’ pain, psychological care is also needed. Improving patients’ moods is very important. Keeping patients positive and encouraging them can also help with their treatment. So what are the psychological care methods for colorectal cancer patients?

1. Negative psychology: When colorectal cancer patients know that their condition has entered the late stage, they will feel pessimistic and disappointed, which is manifested as disappointment, depression, negativity, and melancholy. They have nothing to look forward to in life. This is when medical staff should tell patients some successful cases to encourage them to have a positive attitude.
2. Acceptance psychology: After a period of time, colorectal cancer patients may accept this fact, their mood will gradually stabilize, and they will begin to accept treatment. At this time, medical staff use the method of "suggestion" to publicize the significance of treatment and eliminate all unfavorable factors, such as social factors, family factors, etc.
3. Fear: Advanced colorectal cancer patients may also show fear, despair, lose hope of life, worry about their loved ones, and imagine that they are about to die. This is to give patients peace of mind, encourage them to actively accept treatment, not to delay the disease, and tell them the impact of psychological emotions on the disease.
4. Suspicion: Colorectal cancer patients may feel that they are not ill, seek confirmation from many sources, feel nervous, and are full of doubts. At this time, medical staff should be cautious in their words and deeds, understand the purpose of the patient's inquiry, and answer the patient's questions tactfully, and never tell the patient directly, so as to reduce the degree of shock to the patient.