MPCCC’s pilot study of a collaborative care model for cancer-related depression is feasible and could be readily implemented statewide to benefit all Victorian cancer patients, the independent study evaluation concluded. Substantial unmet supportive care needs could be addressed with dissemination of this collaborative care model, which involves upskilling community psychologists [...]

As MPCCC’s pilot of shared-care for cancer related depression approaches completion, participants will be invited to evaluate the feasibility of the model and its potential to provide effective and efficient supportive care for cancer patients, in the community. Shared care is a team-driven approach, in which multidisciplinary healthcare professionals work [...]

Cancer patients suffering from depression will be invited to participate in the MPCCC’s shared care pilot program from early 2019, and will have access to high quality psycho-oncology treatment close to where they live. “Clinical depression is the most prevalent psychological condition affecting cancer patients, but many patients do not [...]

Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC) is to pilot an innovative model of care enabling cancer patients with depression to have improved access to psychology services. Research has shown around twenty percent of cancer patients and survivors suffer with clinical depression. If undetected or under-treated, depression can severely impact quality [...]