Palliative care takes a whole-person approach to address suffering among patients living
with serious illness. Traditionally, a great deal of attention has been paid to physical …

Patients with serious chronic illness, such as cancer, experience high rates of mental health
comorbidity that is under-diagnosed, under-treated, and under-studied (Cheung et al …

Context Mental health comorbidities among individuals with serious illness are prevalent
and negatively impact outcomes. Mental healthcare is a core domain of palliative care, but …

Addressing the psychiatric aspects of serious illness in palliative care (PC) is crucial to both
care delivery and outcomes. Psychiatric comorbidities are common among patients with PC …

Background: Palliative psychiatry has been proposed as a new clinical construct within
mental health care and aims to improve quality of life (QoL) for individuals experiencing …

Background: The majority of Palliative Care (PC) clinicians report recently caring for a
person with a Substance Use Disorder (SUD). The impact of an untreated SUD is associated …

Dear Editor: The 2018 Astana Declaration1 was approved by the world's Heads of State and
Ministers of Health on October 25 at the Global Conference on Primary Healthcare in …

Providing palliative care to patients dying of a terminal illness is a difficult task in any
environment. When the care is for individuals who are medically underserved, uninsured …

Objective: Palliative, end-of-life care (PEOLC) providers are poorly resourced in addressing
the needs of patients with mental health challenges, and the dying experiences of this cohort …

Harmful use of illicit drugs and/or alcohol is linked to life-limiting illness and complex health
and social care needs, but people who use substances and have complex needs do not …