Cancer may be associated with notable impairments of health-related quality of life, psychological distress and depression. 1,2 Thus, cancer and mental health are interrelated. Consultation, specifically in oncology, is associated with many challenges, such as communicating the diagnosis and defining an adequate point in time for discussing psychosocial aspects. 3 Disclosing a mental disorder may be just as challenging for practitioners due to, for instance, not knowing patients' information needs or lacking the strategies to discuss a diagnosis. 4 Thus, not discussing a mental disorder