[Need for psychosocial management of facial and skin tumor patients].

Starting from the current level of research on the amount and detection of support requirements of tumour patients a lack of practicable screening instruments in psychooncology becomes evident for valid and reliable identification of highly distressed patients in order to offer them treatment-integrated specific interventions. The following report bases on the results of a research project with facial and skin cancer patients and so closes the gap. Patients in need of support can be identified by means of the "Hornheide Questionnaire", developed for this purpose. The support requirement is ascertained by a connexion of a patient self-assessment and an expert-defined cut-off point. Extensive data concerning support requirements and indications are presented and discussed.