Editing Logotherapy (section)

===Terminally ill patients===
In 1977, Terry Zuehlke and John Watkins conducted a study analyzing the effectiveness of logotherapy in treating terminally ill patients. The study's design used 20 male Veterans Administration volunteers who were randomly assigned to one of two possible treatments – (1) group that received eight 45-minute sessions over a 2-week period and (2) group used as control that received delayed treatment. Each group was tested on five scales – the [[Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory|MMPI K Scale]], MMPI L Scale, Death Anxiety Scale, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, and the Purpose of Life Test. The results showed an overall significant difference between the control and treatment groups. While the univariate analyses showed that there were significant group differences in 3/5 of the dependent measures. These results confirm the idea that terminally ill patients can benefit from logotherapy in coping with death.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zuehlke |first1=T.E. |last2=Watkins, J.T. |year=1977 |title=Psychotherapy with Terminally Ill Patients |journal=Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=403–410 |doi=10.1037/h0087512}}</ref>