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== Recent developments == Since the 1990s, the number of institutes providing education and training in logotherapy continues to increase worldwide.[https://www.viktorfrankl.org/institutes_wwE.html VFI / Institutes worldwide (E)] Numerous logotherapeutic concepts have been integrated and applied in different fields, such as [[cognitive behavioral therapy]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ameli |first1=Matti |last2=Dattilio |first2=Frank M. |date=2013 |title=Enhancing cognitive behavior therapy with logotherapy: Techniques for clinical practice. |journal=Psychotherapy |language=en |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=387β391 |doi=10.1037/a0033394 |issn=1939-1536 |pmid=24000857}}</ref> [[acceptance and commitment therapy]] (ACT),<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sharp |first1=William G. |last2=Wilson |first2=Kelly G. |last3=Schulenberg |first3=Stefan E. |date=December 2004 |title=Use of Paradoxical Intention in the Context of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy |journal=Psychological Reports |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=946β948 |doi=10.2466/pr0.95.3.946-948 |issn=0033-2941 |pmid=15666933 |s2cid=27391991}}</ref> and [[Burnout (psychology)|burnout]] prevention.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Riethof |first1=Norbert |last2=Bob |first2=Petr |date=2019-06-14 |title=Burnout Syndrome and Logotherapy: Logotherapy as Useful Conceptual Framework for Explanation and Prevention of Burnout |journal=Frontiers in Psychiatry |volume=10 |pages=382 |doi=10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00382 |issn=1664-0640 |pmc=6587911 |pmid=31258490 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The logotherapeutic concepts of [[noogenic neurosis]] and existential crisis were added to the ICD 11 under the name demoralisation crisis, i.e. a construct that features hopelessness, meaninglessness, and existential distress as first described by Frankl in the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kissane |first1=David W. |last2=Clarke |first2=David M. |last3=Street |first3=Annette F. |date=March 2001 |title=Demoralization Syndrome β a Relevant Psychiatric Diagnosis for Palliative Care |journal=Journal of Palliative Care |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=12β21 |doi=10.1177/082585970101700103 |issn=0825-8597 |pmid=11324179 |s2cid=41423140}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Clarke |first1=David M. |last2=Kissane |first2=David W. |date=December 2002 |title=Demoralization: Its Phenomenology and Importance |journal=Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=733β742 |doi=10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01086.x |issn=0004-8674 |pmid=12406115 |s2cid=23248298}}</ref> Logotherapy has also been associated with psychosomatic and physiological health benefits.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cohen |first1=Randy |last2=Bavishi |first2=Chirag |last3=Rozanski |first3=Alan |date=2016 |title=Purpose in Life and Its Relationship to All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events |journal=Psychosomatic Medicine |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=122β133 |doi=10.1097/psy.0000000000000274 |issn=0033-3174 |pmid=26630073 |s2cid=24337711}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rodriguez |first=L. |date=January 1939 |title=Additions Γ la flore des Antilles franΓ§aises |journal=Bulletin de la SociΓ©tΓ© Botanique de France |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=175β177 |doi=10.1080/00378941.1939.10834168 |issn=0037-8941|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Life expectancy at birth: women |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/530655752103 |doi=10.1787/530655752103|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Koizumi |first=M. |date=2008 |title=Effect of having a sense of purpose in life on the risk of death from cardiovascular diseases. |journal=Journal of Epidemiology |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=191β196 |doi=10.2188/jea.JE2007388 |pmc=4771589 |pmid=18753736}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Eric S. |last2=Sun |first2=Jennifer K. |last3=Park |first3=Nansook |author4-link=Laura Kubzansky |last4=Kubzansky |first4=Laura D. |last5=Peterson |first5=Christopher |date=2012-02-23 |title=Purpose in life and reduced risk of myocardial infarction among older U.S. adults with coronary heart disease: a two-year follow-up |journal=Journal of Behavioral Medicine |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=124β133 |doi=10.1007/s10865-012-9406-4 |issn=0160-7715 |pmid=22359156 |s2cid=6273837}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yu |first1=Lei |last2=Boyle |first2=Patricia A. |last3=Wilson |first3=Robert S. |last4=Levine |first4=Steven R. |last5=Schneider |first5=Julie A. |last6=Bennett |first6=David A. |date=2015 |title=Purpose in Life and Cerebral Infarcts in Community-Dwelling Older People |journal=Stroke |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=1071β1076 |doi=10.1161/strokeaha.114.008010 |issn=0039-2499 |pmc=4461202 |pmid=25791714 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Besides Logotherapy, other meaning-centered psychotherapeutic approaches such as [[positive psychology]] and meaning therapy have emerged.<ref>Wong, P. T. P. (1997). Meaning-centered counselling: A cognitive-behavioral approach to logotherapy. ''The International Forum for Logotherapy, 20''(2), 85β94.</ref><ref>Wong, P. T. P. (2012). From logotherapy to meaning-centered counseling and therapy. In P. T. P. Wong (Ed.), ''The human quest for meaning: Theories, research, and applications'' (2nd ed., pp. 619β647). New York, NY: Routledge.</ref> [[Paul T. P. Wong|Paul Wong]]'s meaning therapy attempts to translate logotherapy into psychological mechanisms, integrating cognitive behavioral therapy, [[positive psychotherapy]] and the positive psychology research on meaning.<ref>Wong, P. T. P. (2016). Integrative meaning therapy: From logotherapy to existential positive interventions. In P. Russo-Netzer, S. E. Schulenberg, & A. Batthyany (Eds.). ''To thrive, to cope, to understand: Meaning in positive and existential psychotherapy'' (pp. 0β0). New York, NY: Springer.</ref><ref>Wong, P. T. P. (2014). Viktor Frankl's meaning seeking model and positive psychology. In A. Batthyany & P. Russo-Netzer (Eds.), ''Meaning in existential and positive psychology'' (pp. 149β184)''.'' New York, NY: Springer.</ref> Logotherapy is also being applied in the field of oncology<ref>Breitbart, W. S. & Poppet, S. R. (2014). ''Meaning-centered group psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: A treatment manual.'' New York, NY: Oxford.</ref><ref>Breitbart, W. S. & Poppet, S. R. (2014). ''Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: A treatment manual.'' New York, NY: Oxford.</ref> and palliative care ([[William Breitbart]]).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Breitbart |first1=William |last2=Heller |first2=Karen S. |date=2003 |title=Reframing Hope: Meaning-Centered Care for Patients Near the End of Life |journal=Journal of Palliative Medicine |volume=6 |issue=6 |pages=979β988 |doi=10.1089/109662103322654901 |issn=1096-6218 |pmid=14733692}}</ref> These recent developments introduce Viktor Frankl's logotherapy to a new generation and extend its impact to new areas of research.<ref>Batthyany, A., & Russo-Netzer, P. (2014). Meaning in positive and existential psychology. New York, NY: Springer.</ref>
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