Perspectives on Behavioural Interventions in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Aging and Mental Health Research Series

The challenges faced by individuals and families at the end of life are still incredibly diverse, and many behavioural interventions and clinical approaches have been developed to address this great diversity of experiences in the face of dying and death, helping providers to care for their clients. Perspectives on Behavioural Interventions in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is an accessible resource that collates and explores interventions that can be used to address a wide range of behavioural, psychological, social and spiritual issues that arise when people are facing advanced chronic or life-limiting illness.

With perspectives from experienced clinicians, providers, and caregivers from around the world, this book offers a strong foundation in contemporary evidence-based practice alongside seasoned practice insights from the field. Its chapters explore:

• Interventions to enhance communication and decision making
• The management of physical and mental health symptoms
• Meaning-Centred Psychotherapy for cancer patients
• Dignity Therapy
• Interventions embracing cultural diversity and intersectionality.

Together with Perspectives on Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Disease, Social and Cultural Context, the book provides a foundation for collaborative international and interprofessional work by providing state-of science information on behavioural interventions addressing mental health and wellness. It is of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates in the fields of mental health, medicine, psychology and social work, and is essential reading for healthcare providers and trainees from psychosocial and palliative medicine, social work and nursing.

Chapter 1: The International Context of Behavioural Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Biopsychosocial and Lifespan Perspectives

Chapter 2: Interventions to Enhance Communication and Decision Making in the Context of Serious Illness

Chapter 3: Behavioural Management of Physical and Psychological Symptoms in Palliative Care

Chapter 4: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Patients with Advanced and Terminal Illness

Chapter 5: Dignity Therapy

Chapter 6: Cultural Diversity and Intersectionality in the End-of-Life Experience

Chapter 7: Similarities and Differences in Behavioural Interventions and Impact on Mental Health and Wellness in Palliative and End-of-Life

Rebecca S. Allen is Professor of Psychology at the Alabama Research Institute on Aging and the Department of Psychology, the University of Alabama, USA.

Brian D. Carpenter is Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, USA.

Morgan K. Eichorst is a clinical psychologist working within the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA.