This course is the third and final course in the Cancer and Mental Health Series and provides information about ways to help you cope with life and your mental health condition as you find a new normal after cancer, or when you are living with a treatable but not curable cancer and, or the long-term side effects of cancer and its treatment. It also explores coping with palliative care, facing end of life and has a section for carers.
However, you only need to complete the courses that you are interested in. Of course, you can complete all the courses if you wish to. They are:
Cancer Research UK, Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind, Macmillan and Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust collaborated and developed this course.
The initial consultation included discussions with a number of partner organisations. People with lived experience have also helped to develop this course content.
This course has 4 sections. The course will take approximately 1 – 2 hours to complete, but this timing will depend on how fast you read and how long you spend on any questions. You do not need to complete the whole course in one go. If you leave and come back to the course, it will remember where you got up to.
If you want a certificate for doing this course, press the ‘Mark Complete’ button at the bottom of each page.
Course updated: March 2025.
You can access the Cancer Research UK website via the following link: Cancer Research UK
You can access the Macmillan website via the following link: Macmillan
You can access the Mind website via the following link: Mind
You can access information on stress, anxiety and depression, via the NHS website, by clicking the following link: Stress, anxiety and depression (NHS)
You can access information about suicide on the NHS website using the following link: Help for suicidal thoughts (NHS)
You can access the Samaritans website by clicking the following link: Samaritans
You can access information about advanced cancer via the following link: Information about advanced cancer
You can access the National Breast Cancer website via the following link: National Breast Cancer
You can access information about when cancer doesn't go away via the following link: Survivorship during and after treatment (Cancer.org)
You can access information on advanced cancer via the following link: Advanced Cancer (GOV)