Pilot randomized controlled trial of individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer

W Breitbart, S Poppito, B Rosenfeld… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Spiritual well-being and sense of meaning are important concerns for clinicians
who care for patients with cancer. We developed Individual Meaning-Centered …

Individual meaning‐centered psychotherapy for the treatment of psychological and existential distress: A randomized controlled trial in patients with advanced cancer

W Breitbart, H Pessin, B Rosenfeld, AJ Applebaum… - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Patients with advanced cancer have high rates of psychological distress,
including depression, anxiety, and spiritual despair. This study examined the effectiveness …

Meaning‐centered group psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: a pilot randomized controlled trial

W Breitbart, B Rosenfeld, C Gibson, H Pessin… - Psycho …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: An increasingly important concern for clinicians who care for patients at the end
of life is their spiritual well‐being and sense of meaning and purpose in life. In response to …

Meaning-centered group psychotherapy: an effective intervention for improving psychological well-being in patients with advanced cancer

W Breitbart, B Rosenfeld, H Pessin… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To test the efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy (MCGP) to reduce
psychological distress and improve spiritual well-being in patients with advanced or terminal …

Meaning-centered psychotherapy: a form of psychotherapy for patients with cancer

LPM Thomas, EA Meier, SA Irwin - Current psychiatry reports, 2014 - Springer
Caring for patients with cancer involves addressing their myriad physical, psychological,
social, and spiritual needs. Although many cancer treatments focus on physical or …

Why is M eaning‐C entered G roup P sychotherapy (MCGP) effective? Enhanced sense of meaning as the mechanism of change for advanced cancer patients

B Rosenfeld, H Cham, H Pessin… - Psycho‐Oncology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives Meaning‐Centered Group Psychotherapy (MCGP) has been
demonstrated to be an effective method for improving advanced cancer patients' quality of …

Meaning-centered psychotherapy for cancer caregivers (MCP-C): Rationale and overview

AJ Applebaum, JR Kulikowski… - Palliative & supportive …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Objective: The multidimensional burden that results from providing care to a patient with
cancer is well documented and a growing number of psychosocial interventions have been …

[图书][B] Meaning-centered psychotherapy in the cancer setting: Finding meaning and hope in the face of suffering

WS Breitbart - 2016 - books.google.com
Meaning-Centered-Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting provides a theoretical context for
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP), a non-pharmalogic intervention which has been …

Efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial

N Van der Spek, J Vos, CF van Uden-Kraan… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of meaning-centered group
psychotherapy for cancer survivors (MCGP-CS) to improve personal meaning, compared …

Managing Cancer And Living Meaningfully (CALM): phase 2 trial of a brief individual psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer

C Lo, S Hales, J Jung, A Chiu, T Panday… - Palliative …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Advanced cancer brings substantial physical and psychosocial challenges that
may contribute to emotional distress and diminish well-being. In this study, we present …