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Psychosocial oncology is a health psychology specialty that focuses on the psychological, behavioral, emotional, and social challenges faced by patients with cancer and their loved ones. Cancer can cause significant distress, and psychosocial interventions are known to be effective for helping patients and families navigate the many issues that can arise at any stage of the cancer continuum. This volume provides psychologists, physicians, social workers, and other health care providers with practical and evidence-based guidance on the delivery of psychological interventions to patients with cancer. The multidisciplinary team of authors succinctly present the key principles, history, and theoretical models of cancer-related distress and explore clinical assessment and interventions in cancer care, in particular psychological and psychiatric treatments, multidisciplinary care management, and supportive interventions. Case vignettes provide clear insights into diagnostic processes and treatment planning, and printable handouts and screening tools are invaluable for practitioners.
Psychosocial oncology is a health psychology specialty that focuses on the psychological, behavioral, emotional, and social challenges faced by patients with cancer and their loved ones. Cancer can cause significant distress, and psychosocial interventions are known to be effective for helping pa...
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Teresa Deshields, PhD, ABPP, is the Director of Supportive Oncology at Rush University Cancer Center and a professor in the Departments of Medicine, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She is a clinical health psychologist, and her clinical practice is devoted to treating cancer patients and their family members, throughout the cancer continuum. Her research is focused on issues related to symptom burden and quality of life in cancer patients and survivors.
Jonathan Kaplan, MD, is an assistant professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine at Rush University Medical Center. He is the psychiatrist for the Rush University Cancer Center and a consultation-liaison psychiatrist at Rush University Medical Center. He specializes in the psychiatric treatment of medically complex patients including patients with cancer. His research interests include psycho-oncology and collaborative care psychiatry.
Lauren Z. Rynar, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a clinician in the supportive oncology program at the Rush University Cancer Center. She specializes in the psychological care of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. Her research interests include quality of life, coping styles, cancer-related distress, and models of supportive care delivery among cancer patients.
Teresa Deshields, PhD, ABPP, is the Director of Supportive Oncology at Rush University Cancer Center and a professor in the Departments of Medicine, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She is a clinical health psychologist, and her clinical practic...
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