La intervención del psicólogo clínico con orientación cognitivo conductual en pacientes oncológicos pediátricos y sus familiares.

Abstract

Cancer is a disease that has countless physical and psychological consequences in those who suffer from it, especially due to the abrupt way in which it is diagnosed most of the time, this disease does not exclude age, race, gender, or social status, so children, kids, are prone to it. Psychological accompaniment is extremely relevant for both the patient and their relatives or caregivers, this ranges from the communication of the diagnosis to survival or death. Therefore, it is considered that the psycho-oncological intervention is represented under the cognitive behavioral orientation, due to the effectiveness it has on patients. The objective was to analyze how the intervention of the clinical psychologist with a cognitive behavioral orientation favors the psychological treatment of pediatric cancer patients and their families. This under a qualitative approach methodology that allowed the application of interviews to five psychology professionals with an oncological orientation, the same ones that let us reach the conclusion that the CognitiveBehavioral current is widely used in Psycho-oncology, using strategies that favor the modification of constructs mental illnesses related to cancer, which benefit from a change of perspective that is closer to reality about the disease, the treatment and the chances of survival or death; this in the psyche of patients and family members who are part of their immediate social environment.