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Presentation Description: 
Children and adolescents with cancer may present with challenging behavior that can interfere with medical care, adherence to treatment, and quality of life. There are a wide variety of strategies that may decrease distress, allow for optimal medical care, and enhance quality of life for both children and their families.

This presentation reviewed a range of multi-disciplinary interventions including psycho-education, procedural support, cognitive behavioral therapy, and parent problem-solving therapy, as well as psychopharmacology approaches to behavioural problems.

Speaker:
Anna C. Muriel, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Pediatirc Psychosocial Oncology,
Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston MA