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Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adults living with cancer and their families. Chapters cover a wide range of topics including screening tools and interventions, psychiatric emergencies and disorders, physical symptom management, communication issues, and issues specific to common cancer sites.
List of contents
- Section I. Screening and Interventions
- 1. Screening Instruments
- 2. Pharmacological Interventions
- 3. Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Section II. Psychiatric Emergencies and Disorders
- 4. Psychiatric Emergencies
- 5. Anxiety Disorders
- 6. Mood Disorders
- 7. Cognitive Disorders
- 8. Substance Abuse
- 9. Personality Disorders
- Section III. Physical Symptom Management
- 10. Fatigue
- 11. Pain
- 12. Nausea and Vomiting
- 13. Sexual Dysfunction
- Section IV. Communication Issues
- 14. Strategies for Giving Bad News
- 15. Supporting Parents with Cancer: Screening and Psycho-education
- 16. Spiritual and Religious Communication with Patients and Families
- Section V. Issues Specific to Common Cancer Sites
- 17. Brain Cancer
- 18. Breast Cancer
- 19. Gastrointestinal Cancer
- 20. Genitourinary Cancer
- 21. Gynecological Cancers
- 22. Head and Neck Cancer
- 23. Hematalogical Cancer
- 24. Lung Cancer
- 25. Melanoma
- Appendix: National Resources
About the author
Jimmie C. Holland is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.Donna B. Greenberg is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Psychiatric Oncology Service, Mass General Cancer Center Mary K. Hughes is Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Unversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Summary
Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adults living with cancer and their families. Chapters cover a wide range of topics including screening tools and interventions, psychiatric emergencies and disorders, physical symptom management, communication issues, and issues specific to common cancer sites. A resource section is appended to provide information on national services and programs. This book features contributions from experts designed to help clinicians review, anticipate and respond to emotional issues that often arise in the context of treating cancer patients. Numerous cross-references and succinct tables and figures make this concise reference easy to use. Psycho-Oncology is an ideal resource for helping oncologists and nurses recognize when it may be best to refer patients to their mental health colleagues and for those who are establishing or adding psychosocial components to existing clinics.
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Overall, this book meets its goal; as a pocket-sized reference to psychosocial problems in cancer care. It is full of tables and lists, which ensure the information is accessible. It provides a sound basis for assessing and treating the more obvious or severe psychological problems. I think this book would be useful to anyone who works in oncology and palliative care.
