PsychoOncology: a new way to see cancer

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20104526530

Authors

  • Maria Teresa Veit Socióloga e psicóloga clínica, atua em Psico-Oncologia há diversos anos, membro assessor da Diretoria da Sociedade Brasileira de Psico-Oncologia (2004-2006) responde pelo Serviço de Psicologia do IGM – Instituto de Ginecologia e Mastologia e pelos Departamentos de Psicologia da ABRALE – Associação Brasileira de Linfoma e Leucemia e da ABRASTA – Associação Brasileira de Talassemia. É a Master Trainer para o Brasil da Global Initiative for Breast Cancer Awareness (USA) e faz acompanhamento psicológico a pacientes com câncer.
  • Vicente Augusto de Carvalho Médico psiquiatra, presidente reeleito da Sociedade Brasileira de Psico-Oncologia, membro do Board of Directors da IPOS – International Psycho Oncology Society e presta atendimento a pacientes com câncer desde 1983. Tem diversos trabalhos publicados na área

Keywords:

Oncology. Caretakers. Mental health.

Abstract

PsychoOncology, an area of intersection between Psychology and Oncology, studies the psychological and behavioral variables
present in the process of sickness and cure and interventions which happen throughout all that process. PsychoOncology has deepened
and sharpened techniques for potentiating the effects of medical treatments, enabling each patient to use their mental resources in
a focal way, trying to reinforce the effects of medicines they take. It has also developed resources for supporting caretakers, be they
professionals or not, so that they act as co-contributors in all stages of treatment, at the same time as it provides strategies for selfcare
and strengthening, also with the aim of maintaining their own physical and mental health.

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Published

2010-10-01

How to Cite

Veit, M. T., & de Carvalho, V. A. . (2010). PsychoOncology: a new way to see cancer: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20104526530. O Mundo Da Saúde, 34(4), 526–530. Retrieved from https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/596

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 4 (2010): OCTOBER/DECEMBER 2010

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