Special Issue "Psychosocial Considerations for Children and Adolescents Living with Rare Diseases"

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Lori Wiener
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Guest Editor
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Interests: pediatric cancer; pediatric HIV/AIDS; psychosocial oncology; psychosocial studies; therapeutic resources; support; distress screening; advance care planning; adolescents; young adults; remove support
Dr. Maureen E. Lyon
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Guest Editor
Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Interests: patient education; HIV; health outcomes; chronic disease management; evidence based medicine; health inequality; health disparities; health equity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Living with a long-term medical condition, particularly if it is a rare disease, can have a profound impact on the lives of children and their caregivers.

This Special Issue will explore the psychosocial needs of children and adolescents living with a rare condition and interventions that have been developed to address their needs. We are also interested in research conducted to assess the needs of their family members. Our goal is to  update readers on evolving research in the field and familiarize them with useful clinical knowledge and interventions. We invite manuscripts addressing the diverse psychosocial, neuropsychological, and educational needs these children face as well as the impact on their family, friends and community. Help to make this collection even more successful by alerting other experts in the field who could submit their own articles. Simply copy and send the following link to your colleagues:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/psychosocial_considerations

The submission deadline for this Special Issue is 28 February 2022.

Children is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

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5-Year Impact Factor: 3.091 (2020)

Dr. Lori Wiener
Dr. Maureen E. Lyon
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • rare conditions
  • rare diseases
  • children
  • adolescents
  • psychosocial
  • emotional
  • psychological
  • neuropsychological

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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