OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to identify points of agreement and disagreements among general practitioners (GPs) in Denmark concerning how the existential dimension is understood, and when and how it is integrated in the GP-patient encounter. DESIGN A qualitative methodology with semi-structured focus group interviews was employed. SETTING General practice setting in Denmark. ...

abstract background: diabetes mellitus is considered as the most common metabolic disorder. the patients with diabetes are likely to be affected by mental distress, especially depression. nurses should pay attention to the psychological needs of depressive patients by participating in an application of non- pharmacological treatment such as cognitive-behavioral therapy. this study aimed to asse...

purpose: the aim of the present study was to determine theeffectiveness of group hope therapy on the time horizon andoptimism of divorced women 25-40 years old in tehran whoreferred to a counseling center. materials and method: 30divorced women were selected randomly and were assignedat two experimental and control groups. group hope therapywas held for 8 sessions of 2 hour. group hope therapy ...

Alcoholism can be understood as a self-treatment for existential pain. A 5-day treatment was designed to relieve this psychological pain and existential anxiety, and thereby diminish the need for self-treatment with alcohol. The basic principle behind the treatment was holistic, restoring the quality of life (QOL) and relationship with self, which according to the life mission theory happens wh...

We extend the Ahlbrandt–Ziegler analysis of interpretability in א0-categorical structures by showing that existential interpretation is controlled by the monoid of self–embeddings and positive existential interpretation of structures without constant endomorphisms is controlled by the monoid of endomorphisms in the same way as general interpretability is controlled by the automorphism group.

CONTEXT When a patient receives a cancer diagnosis, existential issues become more compelling. Throughout the illness trajectory, patients with cancer are cared for in oncology wards, by home care teams or in hospices. Nurses working with these patients are sometimes aware of the patients' existential needs but do not feel confident when discussing these issues. OBJECTIVES To determine the ef...

conclusions categorization of trials based on their classification scheme to investigate the efficacy of classification-based physical therapy could reduce the heterogeneity of trials and allow researchers to understand the contradictory results in this context. results a total of 12 rcts were identified and categorized into four classification schemes. some evidence supporting classification-s...