43. Mental Health Moments: Exploring Cancer Resources

Shanna is joined by Elba Rivas, LCSW, a social worker with palliative care (https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/services/home-care/health/palliative-care/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) at Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center (https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/locations/profile/white-oak-medical-center/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) and Natasha Dotrang, LCSW, a social worker with palliative care (https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/services/home-care/health/palliative-care/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) at Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center (https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/locations/profile/shady-grove-medical-center/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) to discuss mental health resources that are available for cancer patients. Navigating a cancer diagnosis can be difficult, but there are various resources available not only for patients, but their caregivers. Both, the Aquilino Cancer Center (https://www.adventistcancercenters.com/acc/locations/profile/shady-grove-adventist-aquilino-cancer-center/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) and the White Oak Cancer Center (https://www.adventistcancercenters.com/acc/locations/profile/white-oak-cancer-center/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) offer free wellness classes to cancer patients and their caregivers who are receiving treatment in Montgomery County, MD. There are also various community resources available, these include: • Smith Center for Healing and the Arts (https://smithcenter.org/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) • Hope Connections for Cancer Support (https://hopeconnectionsforcancer.org/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) • Life with Cancer (https://www.lifewithcancer.org/?utm_source=AHCYou&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Episode43) Is there a topic you want us to explore? Email us directly at Podcast@AdventistHealthCare.com