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Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples
Despite significant gains in survival rates for pediatric patients and adolescents/young adults (AYA) with chronic illness, patients in this vulnerable age group are also at an increased risk for developing one or more adverse effects related to their disease, treatment, or maladaptive health behavi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32138373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051644 |
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description | Despite significant gains in survival rates for pediatric patients and adolescents/young adults (AYA) with chronic illness, patients in this vulnerable age group are also at an increased risk for developing one or more adverse effects related to their disease, treatment, or maladaptive health behaviors. Maladaptive health behaviors ultimately increase the risk for developing adverse effects, including: increased rates of morbidity and mortality, impaired physical functioning, increased fatigue, obesity, increased psychological distress, and poor quality of life. With close attention including participation in preventive and therapeutic health promotion interventions, problematic health behaviors can be mitigated and ultimately prevented over time. It is well known that improved psychological functioning and adaptive coping can result in improved health status. The present paper provides four case examples illustrating various psychological interventions in pediatric chronic illness. As evidenced in the four case examples, pediatric psychologists provide comprehensive interventions for patients with acute and chronic medical conditions through the use of health promotion interventions, adherence and self-management promotion, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, medical coping, parent training, and motivational interviewing. Our case series demonstrates that for the most impactful behavior change to occur, a combination of interventions is often the most effective. |
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spelling | pubmed-70842932020-03-24 Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples Rohan, Jennifer M. Verma, Tanvi Int J Environ Res Public Health Case Report Despite significant gains in survival rates for pediatric patients and adolescents/young adults (AYA) with chronic illness, patients in this vulnerable age group are also at an increased risk for developing one or more adverse effects related to their disease, treatment, or maladaptive health behaviors. Maladaptive health behaviors ultimately increase the risk for developing adverse effects, including: increased rates of morbidity and mortality, impaired physical functioning, increased fatigue, obesity, increased psychological distress, and poor quality of life. With close attention including participation in preventive and therapeutic health promotion interventions, problematic health behaviors can be mitigated and ultimately prevented over time. It is well known that improved psychological functioning and adaptive coping can result in improved health status. The present paper provides four case examples illustrating various psychological interventions in pediatric chronic illness. As evidenced in the four case examples, pediatric psychologists provide comprehensive interventions for patients with acute and chronic medical conditions through the use of health promotion interventions, adherence and self-management promotion, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, medical coping, parent training, and motivational interviewing. Our case series demonstrates that for the most impactful behavior change to occur, a combination of interventions is often the most effective. MDPI 2020-03-03 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7084293/ /pubmed/32138373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051644 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rohan, Jennifer M. Verma, Tanvi Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples |
title | Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples |
title_full | Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples |
title_fullStr | Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples |
title_short | Psychological Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Case Examples |
title_sort | psychological considerations in pediatric chronic illness: case examples |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32138373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051644 |
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