ABSTRACT BOOK 8th WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY - 16th-21st October 2006 Ferrara-Venice. Italy

The book consists of 1085 abstracts of the papers presented in plenary sessions, round tables, intersociety symposia, special symposia, updated courses, podium presentations and posters at the 8th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, organized by the Section of Psychiatry, University of Ferrara on behalf of the International Psycho-Oncology Society in Ferrara and Venice October 16-21, 2006. In the abstracts several topics discussed at the congress (e.g. psychopathology and psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, psychoneuroendocrinology and immunology, stress and burnout, grief and bereavement, quality of life, sexuality, genetics, palliative care, training in psycho-oncology) are presented according to the standard of international scientific literature (Introduction, methods, Results, Discussion) and are published in an ISI Ciattion Index journal, Psycho-Oncology, IF 2006 2.77). The congress was one of the biggest events of the story of the International Psycho-Oncology society, funded in 1985 in new York, with delegates from 58 countries participating and bringing their research