The purpose of this study is to review research on the psychosocial interventions for cancer patients. Cancer patients experience continuing psychological problems from at the moment diagnosed, during medical treatment, and after termination of the treatment. Of course, medical treatment is the critical for them, but surgical operation, chemical therapy, and radiation therapy are not enough for caring cancer patients. Recent research indicates that psychosocial interventions for the cancer patients can not only improve the quality of life, decrease emotional distress, and enhance coping skills and interpersonal relationships, but also result in positive physiological effects such as improvement of immune functions and decrease of stress hormone. Now many researchers admit the importance of the psychosocial interventions for cancer patients. So, we described psychological disturbances of cancer patients at first, and then reviewed research for the validation of the efficacy of psychosocial intervention programs for cancer patients. We discriminated interventions according to the content and major therapeutic factors, and categorized them into 4 types such as education, supportive- expressive(experiential-existential) therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and integrative therapy. Education approach involves health education(for disease, treatment, and side effect), symptom management, and stress management skill. Supportive-expressive therapy primarily encourages emotion expression and social support, and it also involves confrontation of existential problems such as death, dying, meaning of life, responsibility, and so on. Cognitive-behavioral therapy includes cognitive restructuring, relaxation training, and problem-solving training in general. Integrative therapy is labeled in the case of utilizing different therapeutic approaches together. And we also introduced other approaches for cancer patients including art therapy. Finally, we presented recent research accomplished in Korea and suggested some future research tasks.
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