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Matthews AK, Brandenburg DL, Cummings S, et al. Incorporating a Psychological Counselor in a Cancer Risk Assessment Program: Necessity, Acceptability, and Potential Roles. J Genet Couns. 2002;11(1):51-64doi: 10.1023/A:1013820515603.
Matthews, A. K., Brandenburg, D. L., Cummings, S., & Olopade, O. I. (2002). Incorporating a Psychological Counselor in a Cancer Risk Assessment Program: Necessity, Acceptability, and Potential Roles. Journal of genetic counseling, 11(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013820515603
Matthews, Alicia K, et al. "Incorporating a Psychological Counselor in a Cancer Risk Assessment Program: Necessity, Acceptability, and Potential Roles." Journal of genetic counseling vol. 11,1 (2002): 51-64. doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013820515603
Matthews AK, Brandenburg DL, Cummings S, Olopade OI. Incorporating a Psychological Counselor in a Cancer Risk Assessment Program: Necessity, Acceptability, and Potential Roles. J Genet Couns. 2002 Feb;11(1):51-64. doi: 10.1023/A:1013820515603. PMID: 26141561.
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J Genet Couns. 2002 Feb;11(1):51-64. doi: 10.1023/A:1013820515603.

Incorporating a Psychological Counselor in a Cancer Risk Assessment Program: Necessity, Acceptability, and Potential Roles.

Journal of genetic counseling

Alicia K Matthews, Dana L Brandenburg, Shelly Cummings, Olufunmilayo I Olopade

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, [email protected].

PMID: 26141561 DOI: 10.1023/A:1013820515603

Abstract

Evidence suggests that cancer risk assessment may be associated with increased psychological distress. This exploratory study assessed the necessity and acceptability of incorporating psychological counseling into routine clinic procedures at a cancer risk program. Following a visit to a university-based cancer risk clinic, patients (N = 102) completed an anonymous self-report instrument. Participants reported experiencing current stress and anxiety (41%), depression (29%), and suicidal ideation (2%). Patients with a history of cancer were more likely to be experiencing current emotional difficulties. Sixty-nine percent of the participants found the visit with the psychological counselor to be helpful, while 41% of the participants reported interest in follow-up psychological services. Interest in receiving future psychological services was positively correlated with levels of anxiety, depression, and cancer worry. This pilot study demonstrates the acceptability and potential role for psychological counselors in increasing adjustment in high-risk patients undergoing genetic counseling for inherited cancers.

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