Treating existential distress

Existential Distress is an extreme form of vulnerability. This category developed by international palliative medicine research in fact designates an extreme form of suffering, distinct from physical or psycho-social pain. This distress raises metaphysical questions that pose problems for the care teams involved in end-of-life care. They are not trained to deal with this existential and spiritual dimension of suffering in patients facing death. In the context of our contemporary societies, understanding and assessing existential distress therefore opens up important end-of-life issues and raises philosophical expectations on the part of caregivers.

The Interdisciplinary Workshops on Existential Distress (AIDE) are a series of symposia designed to foster interdisciplinary exchanges between medicine, philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, theology, literature and the history of religions.

This second interdisciplinary workshop on existential distress (AIDE) aims to analyze the modalities of care for existential distress, which are developing under the name ofspiritual care or existential care. It will address the articulation between care and spirituality and question the possibility of existential accompaniment, analyzing current models and practices, as well as the perspectives opened up by innovations such as psychedelic-assisted therapies.

These workshops are part of the Humanités Médicales action of the MSHE Besançon in conjunction with the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie and the Pôle Autonomie - Handicap, CHRU Besançon.

They are open to students, professionals and teacher-researchers.

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Contact, information and booking:
Benjamin GUERIN
malecguerin@yahoo.fr