TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer and addictions
T2 - The potential for family and staff collusion
AU - Seddon, Carole F.
AU - Zabora, James R.
AU - Smith, Elizabeth D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Ms. Seddon is Clinical Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Cancer Counseling Center, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, 1909 McElderry Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. She also has a private practice dealing with addictions and co-depcndency. Mr. Zabora is Director of Patient and Family Services, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, and Research Associate, Johns Hopkins Universily School of Medicine. Dr. Smith is Psychosocial Research Coordinator, Depanment of Patient and Family Services, and Faculty Member, National Catholic School of Social Scrvice, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. The article is based on a paper delivered during "Navigating the Course Through Creative Interventions," the seventh annual conference of the National Association of Oncology Social Workers, Monterery, CA. May 1991. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Mrs. Lois J. Duffey Fund for its support of the Cancer Counseling Center and the Psychosocial Research Program.
PY - 1992/10/20
Y1 - 1992/10/20
N2 - Although often sensationalized in the media, addictive behaviors and co-dependency cause painful dilemmas for millions of Americans. Unfortunately, many people with these disorders also are diagnosed with cancer or have a family member with cancer. Addiction and the problematic coping style associated with it are rarely addressed by oncology staff. However, data collected through the Johns Hopkins Cancer Counseling Center indicate that 21 of 36 patients referred for long-term counseling were addicts and that IS were co-dependent. The authors address the problem of identifying patients and families with these disorders and describe appropriate methods of helping them cope with the added distress caused by the diagnosis of cancer.
AB - Although often sensationalized in the media, addictive behaviors and co-dependency cause painful dilemmas for millions of Americans. Unfortunately, many people with these disorders also are diagnosed with cancer or have a family member with cancer. Addiction and the problematic coping style associated with it are rarely addressed by oncology staff. However, data collected through the Johns Hopkins Cancer Counseling Center indicate that 21 of 36 patients referred for long-term counseling were addicts and that IS were co-dependent. The authors address the problem of identifying patients and families with these disorders and describe appropriate methods of helping them cope with the added distress caused by the diagnosis of cancer.
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U2 - 10.1300/J077v10n01_07
DO - 10.1300/J077v10n01_07
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026498447
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 10
SP - 83
EP - 97
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 1
ER -