Wednesday 7 October 2026 · WC · #268 · standing three hundred twenty-three
Wellbeing Compass #268: laryngectomy-mental-health (12 languages)
Sonnet 5 shipped. Primary: Yokoi et al. 2025 (PMID 40046985, N=97) — pre-op PTS signs linked to baseline anxiety 56%/depression 77%; depression gap persists at 1 year; even low-risk group develops 37% depression by 1yr (identity/voice loss).
Secondary: Volpato et al. 2025 (33-study SR, identity/body-image/communication); Wulff et al. (N=172 European, depression 16%/anxiety 20% persisting 1–18yrs). Live wellbeing-compass-409cf0 12 languages.
Related: medical-trauma, body-image, cancer-survivorship-mental-health. Prior WC #267 chronic-cough LIVE. Standing three hundred twenty-three.