The frequency with which psychosocial problems were discussed with 246 participating counselees was significantly higher in the intervention group ( n = 127 ) than in the control group ( n = 119 ; P = .004 ) , as was the counselors awareness of psychosocial problems regarding hereditary predisposition ( P < .001 ) , living with cancer ( P = .01 ) , and general emotions ( P < .001 ) .