Symptoms of post-traumatic stress in children with cancer and their parents: Effects of informant and time from diagnosis

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 952-959

  Phipps, Sean ^a   Long, Alanna ^a   Hudson, Melissa ^a   Rai, Shesh N ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Anxiety; Childhood cancer; Parents; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644573044     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20373     Document Type: Article

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