The integration of psycho-oncology in cancer care training. The guidelines of the French Society of Psycho-Oncology (SFPO).
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Date publication
mars 2014
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BACQUE Marie-Frédérique
Tous les auteurs :
Dauchy S, Bacque MF, Consoli SM, Durdux C, Ellien F, Esperou H, Fillion L, Pucheu S, Reich M, Bendrihen N
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Résumé
As a result of medical progress in cancer treatments, psychosocial care-related aspects also need to be further developed in order to answer growing requests of patients and their families, as well as to deal with oncological healthcare teams greater expectations from mental health specialists. Improving knowledge in psycho-oncology practice among all professionals working in onco-hematology can help to bridge this gap, and this goal can be achieved through the implementation of training. With this aim, the 30th Congress of the SFPO brought together a multidisciplinary expert group for defining psycho-oncology training guidelines based on professional expertise and analysis of literature. All healthcare professionals working in oncological settings are concerned - psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors and nurses; however, each professional has their unique duties, and training can help to identify and clarify their specific role in psychosocial care. Training has to include the specific issues of multidisciplinarity and to be both initial and continuous. For instance a solid training in psychopathology is revealed as a main requirement for psychologists, enabling delivery of well-structured psychological interventions regardless of the specific aspects of each situation. Keeping an up-to-date information level concerning the progress made in cancer treatments is also stressed by these guidelines and so it is the adjustment to the multiple constraints of cancer care organization in order to make psychological care available for all the patients. Training of psychologists and psychiatrists should assure four main axes: clinical practice, institutional work, teaching and research. These guidelines also establish recommendations for training of other healthcare professionals, more precisely about communication skills and screening for patients' psychosocial needs, distress and vulnerability.
Référence
Psycho-oncologie. 2014 Mar;8(1):52-8.