[Coping and depression in underage children of cancer patients : Data on the course.]

CONCLUSION: Children and adolescents are particularly psychologically distressed after cancer treatment of parents. This distress was connected with not helpful coping strategies. The extended adjustment of children/adolescents of cancer patients has to be considered in the clinical and psychosocial care of the families. PMID: 25403290 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403290?dopt=Abstract

Source: Der Nervenarzt - November 19, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Ernst J, von Klitzing K, Brähler E, Romer G, Götze H Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research