The effects of psychedelic-assisted therapy on illness and death anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Psychiatr Res March 14, 2025 Aron Amaev, Jianmeng Song, Yasaman Kambari et al. 8 citations
Illness anxiety (IA) is characterized by worry or fear in response to living with a chronic illness or a preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious disease in conjunction with absent to mild somatic symptomatology. Death anxiety (DA) may underpin IA and is more common in individuals with life-threatening illness. Treatments for DA and IA, such as psychotherapy and antidepressant drugs,...