IS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS A VIABLE MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING RESPONSES TOCHILDHOOD-CANCER

Authors
STUBER ML KAZAK AE MEESKE K BARAKAT L
Citation
Ml. Stuber et al., IS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS A VIABLE MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING RESPONSES TOCHILDHOOD-CANCER, Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 7(1), 1998, pp. 169
Citations number
56
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
10564993
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
1056-4993(1998)7:1<169:IPSAVM>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Life-threatening illness has long been considered a major stressor for children and their parents. Recently, changes in the conceptualizatio n of posttraumatic stress have led to the application of a trauma mode l to medical illness. This article examines the evidence for the utili ty of a trauma model for understanding the long-term impact of childho od cancer on survivors and their parents, and discusses the theoretic and practical implications of the model.