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Student Name: ___Dan Lane__ Block: _ **Springfield Township High School** Even though the treatment is for a physical disease, men undergoing treatment for Prostate cancer need emotional support and treatment as well. || · **Depression can be common in men that have been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer** · **Depression is more than just a down feeling, it causes disturbances in sleep, loss of appetite, relationships to be affected negatively, and can also affect physical health** · **Depression is a serious problem, people tend to feel worthless and have suicidal thoughts. They also have trouble concentrating and they often make poor decisions** · **Men under the age of 50 have a greatly increased chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer** · **One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer over their life, however the disease only kills roughly 33% of the men** · **Good survival rates, 96% live another 5 years while 75% live an extra 10 years** · **Believed that the antioxidants and soy products eaten in Asia are responsible for the low level of prostate cancer** · **Many men die with the disease rather than from the disease** · **If detected while the cancer is still in the gland then the cancer is a much greater chance of survival and being able to fight off the cancer.** · **Obesity and high BMI also can be a greater chance of cancer, and it can also lead to a greater chance for depression** · **Treatments for depressed prostate cancer patients include: medications, therapy, or for a bad case of depression they will use a combination of medication and therapy.** || · **Sadness all the time** · **Loss of interest in old activities** · **Not caring about appearance** · **Not wanting to be around friends or family** · **Always being tired** · **Concentration problems** · **Weight loss/ gain** · **Drinking or drug use** · **Feeling irritable or anxious** · **Feeling worthless** · **Thoughts of suicide** || What kind of treatments can men undergo to help with prostate cancer and what effect do these treatments have on the mental status of the men? || **Evidence/Quotes:** What kind of treatments can the men who are depressed get to deal with it and the prostate cancer? || **Evidence/Quotes:** Argument 1:Men can also get depressed without prostate Argument 2:Men should not be worried about being depressed while they have a serious problem to deal with like prostate cancer Argument 3:Many men do not get depressed shortly after being diagnosed || **Response** 1.Yes, however the treatment of prostate cancer has been known to cause mental cloudiness and when the mind is not clear there is a greater chance to be in a worse state of mind 2. The general public believes that depression is not as serious as other problems. However if depression is left untreated this problem can lead to more trouble than many diseases can. Including death 3. Yes, that is true. However it is also true that many men do become depressed and that is why many doctors have started to take precautions and just give antidepressants to the men when they are diagnosed. So the number may not be as high as it really is for the amount of depression cases || Even though prostate cancer is a very serious disease in men, dealing with the depression sometimes has more of a sudden effect on their lives and the lives of their loved ones. So it is important that there is research done to help the patients and families of patients. || [|glogster product2]
 * Graduation Project—Thesis Driven Research Product Organizer**
 * **Hook/Grabber:**
 * Men face many difficult challenges in the fighting of prostate cancer. However one of the big problems they have to overcome is the mental depression they often face when diagnosed.** ||
 * **Thesis:**
 * **Thesis:**
 * **Essential Background information:**
 * **Essential Background information:**
 * **Argument 1:**
 * What causes men to get depressed after being diagnosed with Prostate Cancer** || **Evidence/Quotes:**
 * The man can get depressed because he now has realized that he is vulnerable and able to be hurt. The man will realize that he is not the man he once was and this is a hard reality to deal with when you are not ready to hear it, and most men that are diagnosed with prostate cancer feel that they are too young for this to already happen to them. Some of the side effects of the depression are men do not want to take part in the activities that remind them of what they were able to do while still young like sexually activity even though they are still physically able to complete these activities. Some of the signs that you or a loved one with prostate cancer is clinically depressed are:**
 * The man can get depressed because he now has realized that he is vulnerable and able to be hurt. The man will realize that he is not the man he once was and this is a hard reality to deal with when you are not ready to hear it, and most men that are diagnosed with prostate cancer feel that they are too young for this to already happen to them. Some of the side effects of the depression are men do not want to take part in the activities that remind them of what they were able to do while still young like sexually activity even though they are still physically able to complete these activities. Some of the signs that you or a loved one with prostate cancer is clinically depressed are:**
 * **Argument 2:**
 * **Argument 2:**
 * There is chemotherapy, radiation therapy, proton therapy, or Brachytherapy. All of these treatments can leave the person cloudy and can have negative effects on the mind. When they have negative effects on the mind it leaves them with a greater chance of becoming depressed or having another type of mental problem.** ||
 * **Argument 3:**
 * **Argument 3:**
 * Many times doctors give the patients that have been diagnosed with prostate cancer an antidepressant shortly after the diagnosis. But other than that many times they will go through the normal cancer treatments and they will go through either therapy or medication for depression. And if the depression is very deep then they will do a mixture of therapy and medication along with the cancer treatment.** ||
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 * Include below the opposing arguments you plan to briefly dismiss. ||
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 * **Conclusion:** //How will you clinch your argument? What are your final words to your audience?//
 * **Conclusion:** //How will you clinch your argument? What are your final words to your audience?//