Question

Mary is a 19-year-old college student receiving chemotherapy for Hodgkin disease.

1. Identify psychosocial problems you would expect Mary to have, and state the measures you would suggest to help her deal with them.

Answer 1

psychosocial problems related to chemotherapy for hodkin's disease:

the psychosocial problems arise from fear and anxiety about the diagnosis and physically demanding treatment such as chemotherapy which may have many side effects that can cause physical disability, change in body image which may contribute to social problems such as difficulty to work and lack of income. this could be aggrevated with lack of resources such as social support, transportaton, logistics and poor knowledge about the condition and treatment.

care could include providing knowledge and awareness about the disease condition, referral services, social skills training, assertiveness training, vocational rehabilitation. psychological concerns could be managed by psychological first aid, counselling and group sessions.