PITTSBURGH —

On Sunday morning, "4 The Record" host Sheldon Ingram spoke with Dr. Brent Robbins, director of the Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology Program at Point Park University, who has been sharing an inspiring message after being diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in October 2024.

Robbins said he has spent many years researching death as part of his studies and that people tend to avoid talking about the issue a lot of the time. Advertisement

“It's not something we like to think about or talk about,” said Robbins. “And there's ways that that can affect people psychologically if they haven't learned how to cope with their mortality.”

He relayed the story of receiving his diagnosis, saying, “My reaction was to ask a lot of questions was my first reaction like, ‘What are my treatm

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