[HTML][HTML] Chronic stress promotes cancer development

S Dai, Y Mo, Y Wang, B Xiang, Q Liao, M Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Stress is an inevitable part of life. Chronic stress on account of reasons like adversity,
depression, anxiety, or loneliness/social isolation can endanger human health. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of positive psychology interventions on well-being and distress in clinical samples with psychiatric or somatic disorders: A systematic review and …

F Chakhssi, JT Kraiss, M Sommers-Spijkerman… - BMC psychiatry, 2018 - Springer
Background Although positive psychology interventions (PPIs) show beneficial effects on
mental health in non-clinical populations, the current literature is inconclusive regarding its …

Distress management, version 3.2019, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

MB Riba, KA Donovan, B Andersen, II Braun… - Journal of the National …, 2019 - jnccn.org
Distress is defined in the NCCN Guidelines for Distress Management as a multifactorial,
unpleasant experience of a psychologic (ie, cognitive, behavioral, emotional), social …

Sense of purpose in life and five health behaviors in older adults

ES Kim, K Shiba, JK Boehm, LD Kubzansky - Preventive medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence shows that a higher sense of purpose in life is associated with lower
risk of chronic conditions and premature mortality. Health behaviors might partially explain …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Psilocybin-assisted group therapy for demoralized older long-term AIDS survivor men: An open-label safety and feasibility pilot study

BT Anderson, A Danforth, R Daroff, C Stauffer… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Psilocybin therapy has shown promise as a rapid-acting treatment for
depression, anxiety, and demoralization in patients with serious medical illness (eg, cancer) …

Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial

RR Griffiths, MW Johnson… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer patients often develop chronic, clinically significant symptoms of depression and
anxiety. Previous studies suggest that psilocybin may decrease depression and anxiety in …

Quality-of-life and spirituality

RG Panzini, BP Mosqueiro, RR Zimpel… - … Review of Psychiatry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Spirituality has been identified as an important dimension of quality-of-life. The objective of
this study was to review the literature on quality-of-life and spirituality, their association, and …

Full information maximum likelihood estimation for latent variable interactions with incomplete indicators

H Cham, E Reshetnyak, B Rosenfeld… - Multivariate behavioral …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Researchers have developed missing data handling techniques for estimating interaction
effects in multiple regression. Extending to latent variable interactions, we investigated full …

Managing cancer and living meaningfully (CALM): a randomized controlled trial of a psychological intervention for patients with advanced cancer

G Rodin, C Lo, A Rydall, J Shnall… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Individuals with advanced cancer experience substantial distress in response to
disease burden and impending mortality. Managing Cancer And Living Meaningfully …