Palliative care provider attitudes toward existential distress and treatment with psychedelic-assisted therapies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existential distress is a significant source of suffering for patients facing life-threatening illness. Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies (PAT) are novel treatments that have shown promise in treating existential distress, but openness to providing PAT may be limited by stigma surrounding psychedelics and the paucity of education regarding their medical use. How PAT might be integrated into existing treatments for existential distress within palliative care remains underexplored.

Methods

The present study aimed to elucidate the attitudes of palliative care clinicians regarding treatments for existential distress, including PAT. We recruited palliative care physicians, advanced practice nurses, and spiritual and psychological care providers from multiple US sites usin

SUBMITTER: Niles H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8690623 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature