Beyond the pain of treatment and the many side effects that follow, cancer commonly causes
existential suffering. 1 Existential suffering is in this study viewed as distinct from the …

Existential distress can be understood as a distinct dimension of cancer-related distress
requiring attention from healthcare professionals. Psychosocial interventions can facilitate …

As some of you may know, one of my roles within the Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is to serve as the Director …

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply challenged the integrity of the human spirit. Health
systems worldwide have seen a marked escalation in health-related suffering and …

BackgroundRecognizing and managing existential suffering remains challenging. We
present two cases demonstrating how existential suffering manifests in patients and how to …

Existential distress and suffering are common among patients with advanced cancer. For
patients who are facing death, a sense of meaning—and the preservation of that meaning …

Dr. William Breitbart, chief of the Psychiatry Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center in New York City, describes his current research on a meaning-centered …

Among patients with advanced cancer, existential concerns are major issues that promote
significant distress. For patients who are facing death, a sense of meaning and the …

Among the advanced cancer population, existential concerns are major issues which
promote significant distress. For those patients who are in fact facing death, meaning and …

A severe life threatening illness can challenge fundamental expectations about security,
interrelatedness with others, justness, controllability, certainty, and hope for a long and …