Video: Mental Health and Cancer

Our degree of mental health and wellbeing significantly influences the immune system and its ability to defend against cancer and other debilitating chronic and life-threatening diseases. Studies of schizophrenics and others who tend to split off from reality reveal that they have lower rates of cancer and than the mentally well. The explanation for this is not yet known; interestingly, it is known that people with the highest levels of mental health and wellbeing also have lower rates of cancer and other diseases.