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Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Treatment Manual
William S. Breitbart
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Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMC; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 255 x 7. Weight in Grams: 280.
The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of meaning in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antidepressant treatment in this population. Clinicians are focusing on the development of non-pharmacologic interventions that can address issues such as hopelessness, loss of meaning, and spiritual well-being in patients with advanced cancer at the end of life. This effort led to an exploration and analysis of the work of Viktor Frankl and his concepts of logotherapy, ... Read more
The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of meaning in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antidepressant treatment in this population. Clinicians are focusing on the development of non-pharmacologic interventions that can address issues such as hopelessness, loss of meaning, and spiritual well-being in patients with advanced cancer at the end of life. This effort led to an exploration and analysis of the work of Viktor Frankl and his concepts of logotherapy, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199837250
SKU
V9780199837250
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About William S. Breitbart
WB: Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; SP: Psychologist, City of Hope National Medical Center
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Few would argue with the importance of helping patients sustain a sense of meaning, particularly in the last months of life as they confront death... Well, that's what these little treatment manuals are all about. A carefully developed and structured 8-week psychotherapeutic intervention, for individuals or groups, shown to be of benefit in randomized clinical trials... I was impressed by ... Read more