%0 Journal Article %A Costantini, Anna %A Navarra, Chiara %A Brunetti, Serena %A Caruso, Rosangela %D 2012 %I Begell House %K psychosocial intervention, psychotherapy, cancer, psycho-oncology %N 2 %P 145-160 %R 10.1615/NeuropatholDiseases.v1.i2.40 %T Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Psycho-Oncology %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/186c6b1c2324cc08,27cc5a087aaa059c,67f786c12022a8a8.html %V 1 %X Addressing the concerns, problems and changes within roles and family relations and encouraging the development of more adaptive ways of coping with psychosocial stress symptoms are the main aims of psychosocial intervention for cancer patients. Among the multiplicity and complexity of psychotherapy theories and models, cogntive-behavioral intervention, interpersonal psychotherapy and psychodynamic therapy, supportive-expressive therapy, and some new models, namely meaning-centered psychotherapy and dignity therapy, represent the most significant approaches in psycho-oncology. %8 2012-04-24