Psychosocial Issues: Overview

Medical-psychiatric comorbidity is a term coined to describe the relationship between medical disease and psychological functioning. It is a complex but important subject. Chronic illness clearly presents a challenge to psychosocial adjustment on both the patient and his or her family. At the same time, psychosocial adjustment influences onset, course, treatment effectiveness, and management of a chronic illness, which ultimately bear upon the patient's quality of life.

Psychosocial issues include:

• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
  • Coping with Mycobacterial Disease
• Depression
• Family Problems
• Giving Up Smoking
• Insomnia
• Memory and Other Cognitive Difficulties
• Psychological Trauma

Learn about Pediatric Psychosocial Issues.