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Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors
Objective: Oncological care affects the body strongly, even some years after therapies. Body image, as the mental representation of one’s own body, is particularly affected by breast cancer, with a high level of dissatisfaction and negative perception. Literature has shown the effectiveness of vario...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9957299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833684 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042991 |
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author | Sebri, Valeria Pravettoni, Gabriella |
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description | Objective: Oncological care affects the body strongly, even some years after therapies. Body image, as the mental representation of one’s own body, is particularly affected by breast cancer, with a high level of dissatisfaction and negative perception. Literature has shown the effectiveness of various psychological interventions to promote body image in breast cancer survivors, dealing with inner sensations and related emotions and thoughts. The present opinion study presents BI issues and personalized psychological interventions to increase a positive BI in breast cancer survivors. Conclusions: Implementing specific and personalized psychological interventions tailored on BI, the characteristics of oncological journey and emotional and cognitive issues is fundamental. Directions for clinical practice are given. |
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spelling | pubmed-99572992023-02-25 Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors Sebri, Valeria Pravettoni, Gabriella Int J Environ Res Public Health Opinion Objective: Oncological care affects the body strongly, even some years after therapies. Body image, as the mental representation of one’s own body, is particularly affected by breast cancer, with a high level of dissatisfaction and negative perception. Literature has shown the effectiveness of various psychological interventions to promote body image in breast cancer survivors, dealing with inner sensations and related emotions and thoughts. The present opinion study presents BI issues and personalized psychological interventions to increase a positive BI in breast cancer survivors. Conclusions: Implementing specific and personalized psychological interventions tailored on BI, the characteristics of oncological journey and emotional and cognitive issues is fundamental. Directions for clinical practice are given. MDPI 2023-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9957299/ /pubmed/36833684 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042991 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Opinion Sebri, Valeria Pravettoni, Gabriella Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors |
title | Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors |
title_full | Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors |
title_fullStr | Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors |
title_full_unstemmed | Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors |
title_short | Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors |
title_sort | tailored psychological interventions to manage body image: an opinion study on breast cancer survivors |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9957299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833684 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042991 |
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