Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients.

By Colleen S McClain, Barry Rosenfeld, William Breitbart. The Lancet, 2003

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Rapid and sustained symptom reduction following psilocybin treatment for anxiety and depression in patients with life-threatening cancer: a randomized controlled trial (2016, background): “With a growing body of evidence linking higher levels of existential/spiritual wellbeing (in cancer patients) with improved quality of life and decreased depression/hopelessness/suicidality (Breitbart et al., 2000; McClain et al., 2003; Nelson et al., 2002), the need to develop effective therapeutic”
American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer (2012, neutral): “As appropriate, the patient should be provided, as one available option, palliative care and aggressive pain management, as well as the option to discuss his or her distressing diagnosis and end-of-life issues with psychosocial experts, including pastoral care (119,142,143).”
Research on Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health: A Review (2009, background): “there is also evidence that the comfort and meaning derived from religious beliefs may be relevant(44) and may be especially important in people with advanced medical illness.(45) Religious involvement may also help to prevent suicide by surrounding the person at risk with a caring, supportive commu”