Background: Being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing its treatment are associated with
substantial distress that can cause long-lasting negative psychological outcomes …

Objective Psychosocial care for advanced cancer encompasses a wide range of
interventions that help patients make life‐changing decisions, manage debilitating …

BackgroundAs evidenced by several studies, mental distress increased substantially during
the COVID-19 pandemic. In this period, citizens were asked to exercise a high degree of self …

Distress is defined in the NCCN Guidelines for Distress Management as a multifactorial,
unpleasant experience of a psychologic (ie, cognitive, behavioral, emotional), social …

People with advanced cancer are at heightened risk of desire for hastened death (DHD),
suicidal ideation (SI), and completed suicide. Loss of Meaning (LoM), a component of …

This book offers an inspiring exploration of current findings from the psychology of meaning
in life, analysing cutting-edge research to propose practical, evidence-based applications …

The COVID-19 crisis has created a “mental health pandemic” throughout the world. Scientific
data are not available to fully understand the nature of the resulting mental health impact …

Anxiety and depression are the most common psychological symptoms in patients with
cancer, irrespective of disease stage, primary cancer site and phase of treatment. Symptoms …

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

Distress management (DM)(screening and response) is an essential component of cancer
care across the treatment trajectory. Effective DM has many benefits, including improving …