As consumers are increasingly confronted with the very real limitations of what managed mental health care, ever-briefer therapy and ubiquitous psychopharmacology can provide, existential ...

We’re in an Age of Existential Crisis. These last few years have held significant battles with life and death, climate change, global conflict, and hate crimes. But perhaps the more insidious crises ...

(Left to right) Laura Lambert, MD, Ben Lewis, MD, Kevin Byrne, MD, and Anna Beck, MD People who have been diagnosed with advanced cancer can face intense existential distress in the wake of their ...

This study examined a novel intervention, dignity therapy, designed to address psychosocial and existential distress among terminally ill patients. Dignity therapy invites patients to discuss issues ...

If you find that thoughts of reality or life after death distract you from everyday life on a regular basis, this could be a symptom of existential obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Share on ...