Anti depressants

My mother had breast cancer a few years ago and got over that but her oncologist stopped her anti depressants a couple of months ago after she has been on them for a very long time . She has now been diagnosed with lung cancer and she feels like she can’t cope without these tablets . My question is could she be put back on the anti depressants so she’s in the right head space to deal with the news she has stage 4 lung cancer and.