Friday 20 April 2018

Why is Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy (MCGP) effective? Enhanced sense of meaning as the mechanism of change for advanced cancer patients

Psycho-oncology; Feb 2018; vol. 27 (no. 2); p. 654-660
Rosenfeld, Barry; Cham, Heining; Pessin, Hayley; Breitbart, William

The authors of this study looked at the data from two randomised controlled trials to advance understanding of the effectiveness of MCGP.  They suggest the findings support MCGP as a way of enhancing a sense of meaning which improves quality of life and decreases psychological distress.