Coping with childhood cancer: group intervention as an aid to parents in crisis.
Groups aid parents in crisis by promoting adaptive coping. Group intervention with parents of children recently diagnosed with cancer has a positive effect on the families in the later stages of illness by helping the parents establish constructive patterns and encouraging them to use problem solving techniques.
D002648:Child; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012947:Social Work