The New Generation of Cancer Patients Won’t Stay Silent About Mental Health Why psycho-oncology must urgently move from evidence to everyday care — and how we start that change. Over the past twenty years, Australians have undergone a profound shift in how we think about mental health. Anxiety and depression are no longer automatically hidden behind closed doors. Many younger and middle-aged adults have grown up in a culture that values openness, vulnerability, and professional help-seeking. We talk about mental health at work, at home, and online — and we expect our health systems to do the same. But cancer care hasn’t caught up. The New Face of Cancer — and the Psychological Gap Cancer diagnoses in younger adults are rising. That means more people in their 30s and 40s are facing the shock of a diagnosis while raising families, building careers, and navigating financial pressures....