Objective: Scant evidence exists to guide interventions for children who have a parent with cancer. This study evaluated the outcomes of a community based psychosocial intervention targeted to children dealing with parental or primary caregiver cancer. This curriculum provided an ageappropriate
understanding of the illness, facilitated the expression of feelings, identified individual coping skills to help ease feelings related to parent’s cancer, and enhanced the family’s ability to communicate about the disease.
Objectives: Family caregivers of cancer patients have a vital role in facilitating and sharing information about cancer, revealing a need to develop caregiver health literacy skills to support caregiver communication. The goal of this study was to investigate caregiver print materials and develop and assess a new caregiver communication resource titled A Communication Guide for CaregiversTM.
CHi wil onderzoek in de psychosociale oncologie toegankelijker maken voor het klinische werkveld. Binnen het project 'onderzoeker-in-beeld' interviewen we regelmatig onderzoekers omtrent hun onderzoeksresultaten. In bijlage kan u het gepubliceerde artikel terugvinden.
Objective To compare in a multicenter randomized controlled trial the benefits in terms of anxiety regulation of a 15‐session single‐component group intervention (SGI) based on support with those of a 15‐session multiple‐component structured manualized group intervention (MGI) combining support with cognitive‐behavioral and hypnosis components.
Objective: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women across the world. The majority of women diagnosed with the disease undergo surgery, which is often associated with significant psychosocial morbidity. The aim of this meta‐analysis was to identify the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for women following breast cancer surgery.
Op 21 en 22 april 2017 was Prof. D. Kissane (Melbourne) te gast aan de ULB in het kader van de opleiding 'certificat interuniversitaire en psycho-oncologie'.
Hij bracht er onder andere volgende lezingen:
- "The art and science of psycho-oncology"
- "The diagnosis and treatment of Demoralization in cancer care"
- "Existential challenges towards the end-of-life: Meaning and Purpose (MaP) Therapy"
- "Family Therapy in advanced cancer continued into bereavement"
