Survivors - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Survey of long-term follow-up programs in the United States for survivors of childhood brain tumors.

13 Dec 2009 INTRODUCTION: Despite recognition that childhood brain tumor survivors often suffer multiple late effects following therapy, little is known regarding the long-term follow-up (LTFU) programs for these patients. METHODS: A 16-question survey was ... Read more...

Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors.

29 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: To identify predictors for health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in survivors of childhood brain tumors and its relationship to cognitive function. PROCEDURE: One hundred twenty-six consecutive Danish childhood brain tumor patients ... Read more...

Brain structural abnormalities and mental health sequelae in South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who survived traumatic head injury and torture.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: A pilot study of South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who had been incarcerated in Vietnamese reeducation camps and resettled in the United States disclosed significant mental health problems associated with torture and traumatic head ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Survivors - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Survey of long-term follow-up programs in the United States for survivors of childhood brain tumors. 13 Dec 2009
• Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors. 29 Nov 2009
• Brain structural abnormalities and mental health sequelae in South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who survived traumatic head injury and torture. 30 Oct 2009
• New focus on long-term mental health of patients who survive serious illness. 5 Oct 2009
• Surviving critical illness: acute respiratory distress syndrome as experienced by patients and their caregivers. 29 Sep 2009
• Suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge. 29 Sep 2009
• Long-term impact of cancer care on activities of daily living: are we causing our sarcoma survivors to grow up too quickly? 29 Sep 2009
• Proceedings of the 4th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference: Mapping the New Challenges, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 13 Sep 2009
• Patterns of adaptation in patients living long term with advanced cancer. 13 Sep 2009
• Cancer-specific beliefs and survival in nonmetastatic colorectal cancer patients. 13 Sep 2009
• The role of psychological functioning in the use of complementary and alternative methods among disease-free colorectal cancer survivors: a report from the American Cancer Society's studies of cancer survivors. 13 Sep 2009
• Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of cancer survivors: current status and future prospects. 13 Sep 2009
• Design and recruitment of the Chicago Healthy Living Study: a study of health behaviors in a diverse cohort of adult childhood cancer survivors. 13 Sep 2009
• Behaviors associated with ultraviolet radiation exposure in a cohort of adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 13 Sep 2009
• Introduction: charting the landscape of cancer survivors' health-related outcomes and care. 13 Sep 2009
• Sex-specific attention problems in long-term survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 13 Sep 2009
• Anxiety and depression among long-term survivors of cancer in Australia: results of a population-based survey. Comment. 5 Sep 2009
• Anxiety and depression among long-term survivors of cancer in Australia: results of a population-based survey. 5 Sep 2009
• An internet tool for creation of cancer survivorship care plans for survivors and health care providers: design, implementation, use and user satisfaction. 2 Sep 2009
• The challenges of colorectal cancer survivorship. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Survivors'

Definition: Persons who have experienced a prolonged survival after serious disease or who continue to live with a usually life-threatening condition as well as family members, significant others, or individuals surviving traumatic life events.

Descriptor UI: D017741

Alternative terms: Survivors; Survivor; Long-Term Survivors; Long Term Survivors; Long-Term Survivor; Survivor, Long-Term; Survivors, Long-Term;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.643.836; M01.860;

History Note: 94