Proactive Psychiatry Consultation for Patients With Cancer and Severe Mental Illness

Inclusion Criteria

• •Individuals with a diagnosis of a primary psychotic disorder (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder), bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder with prior psychiatric hospitalization, confirmed by diagnostic assessment of the PI, a psychiatrist with expertise in SMI and cancer
• •Within 8 weeks of initial oncology consultation at the MGH Cancer Center (patients who come for a second opinion and opt to have their cancer treatment at MGH will be considered eligible, patients who have been treated previously for other types of cancer will be considered eligible).
• •Age \>18 years old, verbal fluency in English
• •Suspected or newly diagnosed lung, GI, head/neck, or breast cancer documented in initial oncology note or confirmed by pathology