- List the prevalence of cancer related PTSD, cancer related worry, and major depressive disorder in cancer survivors.
- Describe the relationship between age and psychosocial distress after cancer treatment.
- Name two domains in which cancer survivors may describe stress related growth.
About the Presenter.
Dr. Moye is the Director of Geriatric Mental Health at VA Boston. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School with more than 100 publications. She completed her undergraduate work in psychology and philosophy at the Ohio State University, and her graduate studies in psychology at the University of Minnesota. In her position, Dr. Moye integrates clinical research, clinical translation and implementation, and clinical training, with the ultimate goal of advancing psychological assessment and treatment of older adults with psychological conditions intersecting with multiple medical morbidities. Her research has focused specifically on the evaluation of capacity and on the treatment of older cancer survivors. Across these activities, her goals are to support patient centered care; improve patient clinician communication; and enhance policies and processes of care within healthcare and health law.
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Presenter: Jennifer Moye Overview. This webinar reflects the growing field of cancer survivorship clinical practice and research, and emerging policy standards. It is estimated there are 14 million cancer survivors in the United States. In the general population, most cancer survivors are women (54%), and 59.5% are over 65 years; most have been survivors for 5 years or more (64.8%), but significant numbers are survivors for more than 10 years or 25 years (40.2 and 9.4%, respectively). Cancer survivors are susceptible to a plethora of complications from cancer and its treatment including as well cancer-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and fears of recurrence. Long term psychological effects have been variably attributed to social isolation during treatment, closeness to death; these may be exacerbated by pre-existing PTSD, medications (e.g., steroids) and radiation therapy especially if targeted to the central nervous system. Cancer survivors may also have problems in social relationships, employment, and insurance. Cognitive impairment associated with treatment may lead to dementia in a significant subset of patients, especially for patients receiving radiation to the central nervous system, steroids, or have genetic predisposing factors. In 2005, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) seminal report From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition emphasized the significant inattention to oncology patients post treatment with little regard to their higher morbidity and mortality. IOM recommended establishing cancer survivorship as a chronic disease and developing a chronic care model of care. Additionally, IOM stressed the need to address social, employment, financial and healthcare access problems. In 2007, the IOM report Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs recommended that psychological distress should be monitored, documented, and treated at all stages of disease. New accreditation standards require cancer programs to provide cancer survivorship care planning and psychosocial distress monitoring. Objectives.
- List the prevalence of cancer related PTSD, cancer related worry, and major depressive disorder in cancer survivors.
- Describe the relationship between age and psychosocial distress after cancer treatment.
- Name two domains in which cancer survivors may describe stress related growth.
About the Presenter.
Dr. Moye is the Director of Geriatric Mental Health at VA Boston. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School with more than 100 publications. She completed her undergraduate work in psychology and philosophy at the Ohio State University, and her graduate studies in psychology at the University of Minnesota. In her position, Dr. Moye integrates clinical research, clinical translation and implementation, and clinical training, with the ultimate goal of advancing psychological assessment and treatment of older adults with psychological conditions intersecting with multiple medical morbidities. Her research has focused specifically on the evaluation of capacity and on the treatment of older cancer survivors. Across these activities, her goals are to support patient centered care; improve patient clinician communication; and enhance policies and processes of care within healthcare and health law.
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