title: Psychiatric aspects of pediatric cancer.
abstract: The diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with cancer has a tremendous and lasting effect on the patients, their families, and other individuals in their social network. It carries a host of psychological and behavioral ramifications, from questions of mortality to changes in levels of functioning in multiple domains. In this review the authors address the psychosocial and treatment-related issues that arise in children with cancer, with attention to the adjustment to cancer at different developmental stages, mood and anxiety issues, treatment-related psychiatric sequelae, and the challenges faced by childhood cancer survivors.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Brian P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Kurtz
authors.forename: Annah N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Abrams
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000009:adverse effects; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000009:adverse effects; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011584:Psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D016898:Interferon-alpha