Early psychiatric referral for depression and anxiety in people having sarcoma surgery

You may qualify if

• Age ≥18 years
• Tissue diagnosis of primary bone or soft tissue sarcoma o Note: high suspicion of sarcoma on history and imaging acceptable, if reviewed and approved by the PI
• Presenting to the Orthopaedic Surgery Service
• Treatment plan includes surgery at MSK for treatment of the primary sarcoma
• No previous treatment for sarcoma
• Proficient in English; As determined by use of the Census-LEP question; The patient's response to the question: "How well do you speak English?" must be "very-well" for inclusion. Additionally, English must be identified as the patient's preferred language for discussing healthcare.

You can't join if

• Significant psychiatric disturbance determined from self-report and/or chart review, sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude participation in the study" (e.g., underlying severe mental illness, h/o suicide attempts, or h/o psychiatric admissions) Clinical concern at the time of randomization of mental health urgency or emergency requiring evaluation; urgency and emergency will be defined as moderate or high scores, respectively, on the CSSR-S or according to the judgment of the orthopaedic physician evaluating the patient