title: Psychosocial Interventions and Therapeutic Support as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology.
abstract: Research indicates that a subset of youths with childhood cancer and their parents will experience significant psychological distress throughout the course of their illness. Importantly, the existing literature indicates that psychosocial support is beneficial in decreasing symptoms of distress in these families. The aim of the current review is to determine the extent of the evidence to support a standard of psychosocial care for children and their families throughout the cancer trajectory; thus, we examined the research related to psychosocial outcomes in youth with cancer and their parents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplant, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Amii C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: Larry L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Mullins
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: Alexandria J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mullins
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Anna C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Muriel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000592:standards; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards; D011584:Psychology / Q000592:standards*; D012944:Social Support; D059039:Standard of Care
keywords: cancer; intervention; pediatric; psychosocial; standard of care; support