The World Health Organization recommends that anxiety, depression, agitation and delirium at end of life should be treated with drugs such as lorazepam, diazepam, midazolam and haloperidol.
Given the level of interest in the ‘happiness hypothesis’ – the concern over the population’s mental wellbeing – this book is timely. Consultant psychotherapist Christopher Mace has put together a coherent and stimulating read that should be of great benefit and practical use to professionals from all disciplines.
'Near death experiences' might represent an agonal limbic syndrome rather than a glimpse into the afterlife, according to German researchers. While the existence of such experiences is no longer debatable, their origin is still a matter of controversy. Physiological, psychological and transcendental explanations have all been suggested.