Psycho-oncology / edited by Thomas N. Wise, Massimo Biondi, Anna Costantini.
Advances in early intervention and cancer treatment have led to an increasing number of cancer survivors who face long-term psychological challenges in dealing with their disease. Psycho- oncology was written to assist oncologists, physicians, psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians, and ho...
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Arlington, VA :
American Psychiatric Pub.,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- The crisis of discovery : psychological and psychopathological reaction to the disease / James L. Levenson
- Cancer : a family affair / Lea Baider
- Communicating with cancer patients and their families / Walter F. Baile and Anna Costantini
- Demoralization and depression in cancer / David W. Kissane and Matthew Doolittle
- Counseling and specific psychological treatments in common clinical settings : an overview / Carolyn Pitceathly, Maggie Watson, and Anne Cawthorn
- Genetic counseling and testing for hereditary cancers : psychosocial considerations / Allison M. Burton, Ellen R. Gritz, and Susan K. Peterson
- Dimensional psychopharmacology of the cancer patient / Massimo Biondi and Massimo Pasquini
- Advancing medical education in existential dimensions of advanced cancer and palliative care / Shannon R. Poppito and Glendon R. Tait
- Rapid psychometric assessment of distress and depression for the clinician / Alex j. mitchell
- The value of quality of life assessment in cancer patients / Bernhard Holzner, Johannes Giesinger, Fabio Efficace
- Support of the dying patient : psychological issues and communication / Friedrich Stiefel and Sonia Krenz
- Psycho-oncology and optimal standards of cancer care : developments, multidisciplinary team approach, and international guidelines / Luigi Grassi, Rosangela Caruso, and Maria Giulia Nanni.