Effective psychological treatments in prostate cancer

  • Natalia Oraá Tabernero AECC Junta Provincial La Rioja. Logroño
  • Monserrat Sánchez Fuentes Fundación Rioja Salud, Logroño
  • Gustavo Ossola Lentati Hospital de San Pedro, Logroño
  • Edelmira Vélez Hospital de San Pedro, Logroño
  • Francisco Javier Cevas Hospital General de la Rioja. Logroño
  • Natalia del Pino Hospital de San Pedro, Logroño
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_PSIC.2013.v10.n2-3.43454
Keywords: Prostate Cancer, psychological interventions, psychoeducation, effectiveness.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show the effective psychological treatments in prostate cancer performed to date. To understand these treatments is important to know the medical facilities carried out in order to treat or palliate the disease and its effects, both, reversible and irreversible ones, since the biopsychological state play an important role in the quality of life of individuals, as well as in their physical and psychological health. Even though prostate cancer is the most common in men in our country and is diagnosed at early stages in many cases, increasing the percentage of cure, there are only a few studies about psychological treatments to face with this tumor, both national and international ones. It is important to improve the research in this field, mainly in which is focused in evaluate psychological treatments effectiveness.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Article download

Crossmark

Metrics

Published
2013-11-25
How to Cite
Oraá Tabernero N., Sánchez Fuentes M., Ossola Lentati G., Vélez E., Cevas F. J. y del Pino N. (2013). Effective psychological treatments in prostate cancer. Psicooncología, 10(2-3), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_PSIC.2013.v10.n2-3.43454
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 2-3 (2013)
Section
Articles

License

In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Psicooncología is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.