Teens With Cancer Present Unique Psychological Issues

A diagnosis of cancer is devastating at any age, but for teens it occurs at a time of critical physical, individual and interpersonal development and other often anxiety-provoking changes. “Teens are at the threshold of life, increasingly separating from parents, developing close peer and romantic relationships, and thinking about the future — about thing like college and jobs.

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Filed under: Sexual Health on February 20th, 2009