Parental cancer: Characteristics of users of child ‐centred counselling versus individual psycho‐oncological treatment

ConclusionsThe findings demonstrate that patients and partners self‐referring to PO or COSIP are highly burdened. COSIP users experience different psychosocial burden than PO users. As poor mental state of parents is a risk factor for the development of mental problems in children, parents using only PO may benefit from additional child‐centred support. Accordingly, the need for COSIP should be assessed continuously during PO of patients with children ≤21 years.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - January 18, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Laura Inhestern, Wiebke Geertz, Frank Schulz ‐Kindermann, Corinna Bergelt Tags: PAPER Source Type: research