Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors' memory and future thinking processes place them at risk for poor mental health.

Ursula Margaret Sansom-DalyClaire E WakefieldEden G RobertsonBrittany C McGillHelen L WilsonRichard A Bryant

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2018)

These findings point to key modifiable cognitive processes relevant to AYAs' cancer-related adjustment and future mental health. To bolster resilience into longer-term survivorship, clinicians could adapt existing evidence-based, cognitive-behavioural interventions to assist AYAs to imagine future events in greater detail.

Keyphrases

mental health
young adults
current status
childhood cancer
mental illness
palliative care
physical activity
working memory
climate change
social support