Vicissitudes of Death Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Psychodyn Psychiatry
; 49(3): 384-387, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1394603
ABSTRACT
The author, an experienced psycho-oncologist, offers clinical insights that consider the importance of death anxiety in psychodynamic psychotherapy treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. He reviews the contributions of Ernst Becker, Wilfred Bion and Sheldon Solomon, and formulates ideas of his own based on decades of experience treating patients with cancer. This short essay focuses on how to help patients during the COVID-19 pandemic work through fear and uncertainty while developing adaptive skills.
Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Attitude to Death
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Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychodyn Psychiatry
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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