Psychiatric sequelae of surviving childhood cancer.
Increasing survival rates for children with cancer raise questions about the long-term psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment. Psychiatric evaluations of 114 survivors of childhood malignancies suggest a high rate of adjustment problems, with 59% indicating at least mild psychiatric symptomology. Interviews with former patients highlight the importance of adaptive denial in the face of the uncertainty connected with cancer survival.
D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment