Psychological intervention in young brain tumor survivors: The efficacy of the cognitive behavioural approach

Abstract

These results substantiate our assumption that CBT is an effective intervention for young patients surviving brain tumors and may be particularly helpful to younger individuals in managing cancer-related limitations.

Psychological problems, self-esteem and body dissatisfaction in a sample of adolescents with brain lesions: A comparison with a control group

“…Also, it would be interesting to verify the impact of behavioural and psychological problems in adolescents with ABI on their families because experience shows that parents encounter remarkable difficulties. Future studies could also verify the efficacy of psychological interventions with adolescents and their parents, as done with school-aged patients with TBI or brain tumours [19,59].…”

Supportive Care Needs following Cancer Treatment: A Comparison of Breast and Brain Cancer in an Australian Cohort

“…With recent therapeutic advances, survival rates of persons with cancers have improved [10][11][12]. However, recovery and treatment options after BC or BT can be challenging, and many survivors experience transient and/or persistent physical, functional, and psychosocial morbidities impacting everyday activities, participation (work, social activities), and quality of life (QoL) [12][13][14].…”

Psychological and adjustment problems due to acquired brain lesions in pre-school-aged patients

“…As emphasized in a previous study on older subjects [25], long-hospitalized children often pay more attention to their somatic symptoms and tend to complain about relatively minor physical problems and discomforts, or they use them in dysfunctional ways to capture other people's attention. This can be particularly evident in young children who experience treatments with important side-effects such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy and could account for their more marked and early tendency to focus on somatic symptoms and the attention received by their parents, which reinforces their behaviour.…”

“…Finally, it would be interesting to verify with the children and their parents the efficacy of the psychoeducational interventions that were performed, as previously done with older subjects with brain tumours and traumatic lesions [12,25].…”

“…Externalizing behaviour problems such as aggression, anti-social behaviour and hyperactivity have been reported in a smaller number of studies [22,23] and are less widespread. Other studies [24,25] showed that children with brain tumour, too, are at high risk for deficits in social competencies.…”