GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ, Yolanda del Refugio. Depression in children with cancer. []. , 20, 107, pp.22-44. ISSN 0258-6444.

Infant depression exists and is present in many children nowadays, mainly because of the increment of the risky factors for their appearance. One of those several factors are the lost of health, and the threat of damage to the own children’s physic, psychological and social structures. The present bibliographic review intends to expose those studies that have been done about infant depression, its relation with cancer, as well as the analysis of the results of the longitudinal studies about survivors of infant cancer upon the presence or absence of important psychosocial sequels that influence on their actual functioning.

: Infant depression; Cancer; Psychological adjustment.

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