Pädiatrische Psychoonkologie: Konzepte, diagnostische Strategien und therapeutische Ansätze

Subtitle: Paediatric psycho-oncology: concepts, diagnostic strategies and therapeutic approaches

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Seitz, Diana C. M. | Goldbeck, Lutz

Affiliations: Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Steinhövelstraße 5, Ulm. Tel.: 0731 / 500 61704; Fax: 0731 / 500 62668; E-mail: diana.seitz@uniklinik-ulm.de

Abstract: A paediatric cancer diagnosis may exceed the resources of the children, adolescents and their families. The goal of this article is to describe the status quo of paediatric psycho-oncology. First, the nature and prevalence of psycho-reactive symptoms will be described and a process-oriented model which includes risk- and protective factors to describe the coping process with the illness will be developed. Subsequently, the importance of implementing routine psychological screening is emphasized. Although in the meanwhile psycho-oncological support is an integral part of multidisciplinary treatment, there are only few effectiveness studies in this field. In addition, it remains unclear how the psycho-oncological follow-up and the transition to adult-care should be designed and thus conclusions for future directions are drawn.

Keywords: coping with the disease, cancer, child and adolescent, psycho-oncology

DOI: 10.3233/ZMP-2012-210013

Journal: Zeitschrift für Medizinische Psychologie, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 112-121, 2012