[To plead for the introduction of a new psycho-oncology in France].
Psycho-oncology is a new discipline which considers the problem of psychological distress of cancer patients in a different manner to that of classical psychoanalysis. It is symptomatic, practical, scientific, and widely used on an international scale. It provides fresh clarification and the latest practical techniques in many areas: treatment of side-effects subsequent to radio- or chemotherapy, problems connected with life "after", risk factors, psychosocial interventions for normal stress reactions, treatment of anxiety and depressive syndromes, etc. This approach has been adopted to only a limited extent in France and deserves wider diffusion.
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Service d'oncologie médicale de la Salpêtrière (SOMPS), hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Khayat
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D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011591:Psychology, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011600:Psychopharmacology; D012307:Risk Factors
Plaidoyer pour l'introduction d'une psycho-oncologie nouvelle en France.