How can existential or spiritual strengths be fostered in palliative care? An interpretative synthesis of recent literature. [PDF]
Haufe M, Leget C, Potma M, Teunissen S.
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ABSTRACT Mental privacy is a growing concern as neurotechnologies and digital mental health tools collect and process sensitive brain‐related data. In South Africa, cultural and religious diversity adds complexity to protecting mental privacy, with traditional healing practices, communal decision‐making, and spiritual beliefs influencing mental health ...
Marietjie Botes +4 more
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How cultural beliefs and rituals may help alleviate grief and despair: a four-dimensional framework. [PDF]
Phan HP, Ngu BH, Chen SC, Hsu CS.
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Hypercortisolism: Causes, Consequences and Clinical Significance – A Review of Pathophysiology
ABSTRACT Hypercortisolism or Cushing syndrome is a heterogeneous clinical spectrum caused by chronic glucocorticoid excess, ranging from exogenous Cushing syndrome to rare endogenous aetiologies and the increasingly recognised entity of mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS). Physiological cortisol production is tightly regulated by the hypothalamic–
Mohamed Eldib +3 more
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Theoretical Perspectives on the Minimal and Narrative Self in the Schizophrenia Spectrum: An Integrative Review. [PDF]
Delcourt F +9 more
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ABSTRACT Importance Hypercortisolism is an underdiagnosed contributor to metabolic dysfunction in people with Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Although overt Cushing syndrome is rare, milder forms of cortisol excess, commonly termed mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS), appear substantially more common in selected high‐risk populations. Observations Chronic
Jenine Yager Stone, Timothy S. Bailey
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The rise and fall of religion: An agent-based model of secularisation, security and prosociality. [PDF]
Puga-Gonzalez I +3 more
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To Treat or Not to Treat: Navigating Early‐Stage CLL in the Era of Targeted Therapy
ABSTRACT Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is most frequently diagnosed at early, asymptomatic stages (Rai 0/Binet A), in which a watch‐and‐wait strategy remains the standard of care, based on historical trials demonstrating no overall survival benefit from early treatment.
Enrica Antonia Martino +16 more
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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Attending to the Existential Experience. [PDF]
Tarbi EC +14 more
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Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin
Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
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