Finding meaning in the face of suffering: Meaning-centered psychotherapy and cancer Review
| Authors: | Lichtenthal, W. G.; Roberts, K. E.; Pessin, H.; Applebaum, A.; Breitbart, W. |
| Review Title: | Finding meaning in the face of suffering: Meaning-centered psychotherapy and cancer |
| Abstract: | The article explores how meaning-centered psychotherapy (MCP) can serve as a buffer against depression and hopelessness in patients with metastatic disease. Topics discussed include theoretical framework underlying MCP, research demonstrating the efficacy of MCP, and MCP in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Keywords: | neoplasm staging; quality of life; psycho-oncology; self concept; disease outbreaks; cancer patients -- psychosocial factors; psychotherapy -- methods; cancer survivors -- psychosocial factors; diagnosis, psychosocial; psychological well-being; life purpose; psychological distress -- prevention and control; covid-19 -- epidemiology; telepsychiatry |
| Journal Title: | Psychiatric Times |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| ISSN: | 0893-2905 |
| Publisher: | UBM Media |
| Date Published: | 2020-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 23 |
| End Page: | 25 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | 144944760 |
| PROVIDER: | EBSCOhost |
| PROVIDER: | cinahl |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Accession Number: 144944760 -- Entry Date: 20200808 -- Revision Date: 20200810 -- Publication Type: Article; case study; tables/charts -- Journal Subset: Biomedical; Peer Reviewed; USA -- NLM UID: 9014543. -- Source: Cinahl |
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88Pessin
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