Provide psychological interventions to chronically ill persons

Provide psychological interventions to patients and their family members associated with chronic illnesses such as cancer and diabetes. Intervention and treatments may include management of pain, stress and other symptoms, anxiety reduction, and adjustment to illness or dementia.

provide mental intervention for chronic illness
perform psychological interventions for patients with chronic illnesses
perform psychological intervention for chronic disease
perform psychological interventions for persons with chronic diseases
provide psychological interventions to chronically ill people
provide psychological intervention for chronic illness
perform mental intervention for chronic illness

skill/competence

occupation-specific

Provide psychological interventions to chronically ill persons is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Clinical psychologist: Clinical psychologists diagnose, rehabilitate, and support individuals affected by mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders and problems as well as mental changes and pathogenic conditions through use of cognitive tools and appropriate intervention. They use clinical psychological resources on the basis of psychological science, its findings, theories, methods, and techniques for the investigation, interpretation, and prediction of human experience and behaviour.

Provide psychological interventions to chronically ill persons is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

References

1. Provide psychological interventions to chronically ill persons – ESCO