title: Psychosocial interventions for patients with cancer: what works and what doesn't.
abstract: With the successes that have been achieved in cancer care leading to patients surviving longer, the need for a variety of psychosocial intervention models is posing a new challenge to the field. This article reviews the general categories of interventions used most commonly: (1) education; (2) coping; (3) emotional support; and (4) psychotherapy. It provides a theoretical model for designing psychosocial interventions, and provides guidelines for assessing what works and what doesn't.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioural Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1759, USA. ffawzy@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: F I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Fawzy
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012944:Social Support; D016896:Treatment Outcome