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Meaning-centered group psychotherapy in Portuguese cancer patients: A pilot exploratory trial

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dc.contributor.authorda Ponte, Guida
dc.contributor.authorOuakinin, Sílvia
dc.contributor.authorSanto, Jorge Espírito
dc.contributor.authorOhunakin, Afolabi
dc.contributor.authorPrata, Domingos
dc.contributor.authorAmorim, Inês
dc.contributor.authorGameiro, Zita
dc.contributor.authordos Santos, Estêvão Soares
dc.contributor.authorBreitbart, William
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-06T09:33:25Z
dc.date.available2021-09-06T09:33:25Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.description.abstractSpiritual well-being and a sense of meaning are important influences for quality of life (QoL) in patients with advanced cancer (Field and Cassel, 1997; Sinclair et al., 2006). The importance of the existential care lead to the emergence of meaning-focused interventions (Breitbart, 2002; Chochinov et al., 2005; Puchalski, 2013) in advanced cancer patients or terminally ill (Yalom and Greaves, 1977; Spiegel et al., 1981; Edelman et al., 1999; Edmonds et al., 1999; Classen et al., 2001; Kissane et al., 2003, 2007; Lee et al., 2006; Breitbart et al., 2010; Chochinov et al., 2011). In response to this need, Breitbart and his investigation group developed meaning-centered psychotherapy (MCP) to help patients with advanced cancer sustain or enhance a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives, even as they approach the end of life (Breitbart, 2000, 2002; Greenstein and Breitbart, 2000; Breitbart et al., 2010, 2015; Van der Spek et al., 2013; Applebaum et al., 2015). MCP was first developed in a group format (meaning-centered group psychotherapy — MCGP), which is a manualized eight-week intervention (each session: 1.5 h) that utilizes a combination of didactics, experiential exercises and discussion (Breitbart, 2002). The first randomized control trial (RCT) showed benefits in enhancing spiritual well-being and a sense of meaning (Breitbart et al., 2010). Further studies suggested that more severe forms of despair respond better to existential interventions (Breitbart et al., 2015).pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipP30 CA008748pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1478951521000602pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1478-9523
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/16940
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherCambridgept_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCancerpt_PT
dc.subjectMeaning-centered group psychotherapy adaptationpt_PT
dc.subjectPortuguesept_PT
dc.subjectQuality-of-life benefitspt_PT
dc.titleMeaning-centered group psychotherapy in Portuguese cancer patients: A pilot exploratory trialpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage473pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage464pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePalliative and Supportive Carept_PT
oaire.citation.volume19pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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