Clinical Holistic Medicine: Holistic Treatment of Mental Disorders

We believe that holistic medicine can be used for patient's with mental health disorders. With holistic psychiatry, it is possible to help the mentally ill patient to heal existentially. As in holistic medicine, the methods are love or intense care, winning the trust of the patient, getting permission to give support and holding, and daring to be fully at the patient's service. Our clinical experiences have led us to believe that mental health patient's can heal if only you can make him or her feel the existential pain at its full depth, understand what the message of the suffering is, and let go of all the negative attitudes and beliefs connected with the disease. Many mentally ill young people would benefit from a few hours of existential holistic processing in order to confront the core existential pains. To help the mentally ill patient, you must understand the level of responsibility and help process the old traumas that made the patient escape responsibility for his or her own life and destiny. To guide the work, we have developed a responsibility scale going from (1) free perception over (2) emotional pain to (3) psychic death (denial of life purpose) further down to (4) escape and (5) denial to (6) destruction of own perception and (7) hallucination further down to (8) coma, suicide, and unconsciousness. This scale seems to be a valuable tool to understand the state of consciousness and the nature of the process of healing that the patient must go through.

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Detention, Capacity, and Treatment in the Mentally Ill—Ethical and Legal Challenges

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ◽

10.1017/s0963180119000690 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (04) ◽

pp. 752-758 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

H. PAUL CHIN

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Personal Autonomy ◽

Involuntary Hospitalization ◽

The Core ◽

Appropriate Care ◽

Legal Challenges

For individuals whose mental illness impair their ability to accept appropriate care—the depressed, acutely suicidal mother, or the psychotic lawyer too paranoid to eat any food—statutes exist to permit involuntary hospitalization, a temporary override of paternalistic benefice over personal autonomy. This exception to the primacy of personal autonomy at the core of bioethics has the aim of restoring the mental health of the temporarily incapacitated individual, and with it, their autonomy.

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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Chronic Pain in Internal Organs

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1100/tsw.2005.27 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 205-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Søren Ventegodt ◽

Joav Merrick

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Holistic Medicine ◽

Holistic Healing ◽

Attitudes And Beliefs ◽

Internal Organs ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Holistic Process ◽

Letting Go ◽

Related Quality

Holistic medicine seems to be efficient in the treatment of chronic pain in internal organs, especially when the pain has no known cause. It is quite surprising that while chronic pain can be one of the toughest challenges in the biomedical clinic, it is often one of the simplest things to alleviate in the holistic clinic. These pains are regarded as being caused by repressed emotions and are explained as psychosomatic reactions. Using holistic medicine, the patients can often be cured of their suffering when they assume responsibility for the repressed feelings. The holistic process theory of healing states that the return to the natural (pain free) state of being is possible whenever the person obtains the resources needed for existential healing. This shift is explained by the related quality of life and life mission theories. The resources needed are “holding” or genuine care in the dimensions of awareness, respect, care, acknowledgment, and acceptance with support and processing in the dimensions of feeling, understanding, and letting go of negative attitudes and beliefs. The preconditions for the holistic healing to take place are “love” and trust. Obtaining the full trust of the patient, therefore, seems to be the biggest challenge of holistic medicine, especially when dealing with a patient in pain.

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Portrayal of Mental Illness in Canadian Newspapers

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674378603100904 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 31 (9) ◽

pp. 813-817 ◽

Cited By ~ 80

Author(s):

David M. Day ◽

Stewart Page

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

General Public ◽

Print Media ◽

Attitudes And Beliefs ◽

Community Based ◽

Mentally Ill Persons ◽

Mental Health Practices

The present article reports results from a content analysis of 103 newspaper reports taken from eight major Canadian newspapers, and selected at random from the Canadian Newspaper Index. The portrayal of mental illness and mentally ill persons in these reports was compared with that in samples of articles taken from two comparison mental health publications not receiving popular circulation. As compared with these latter publications, the content analysis indicated that the newspapers portrayed mental illness and the mentally ill in a manner which could be described as essentially pejorative, thus seeming to support frequent observations and complaints from the mental health establishment about inadequate or unfair coverage of mental illness in the popular print media. At the same time, the newspaper medium appeared to present more favourable images of nontraditional (example: community-based) mental health practices, than of traditional (example: hospital-based) practices. Implications of such results for the attitudes and beliefs of the general public vis-À-vis mental illness are offered, with special reference to the influence of the print media.

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EPA guidance on how to improve the image of psychiatry and of the psychiatrist

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.02.003 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 423-430 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

D. Bhugra ◽

N. Sartorius ◽

A. Fiorillo ◽

S. Evans-Lacko ◽

A. Ventriglio ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

The Public ◽

The Media

AbstractStigma against mental illness and the mentally ill is well known. However, stigma against psychiatrists and mental health professionals is known but not discussed widely. Public attitudes and also those of other professionals affect recruitment into psychiatry and mental health services. The reasons for this discriminatory attitude are many and often not dissimilar to those held against mentally ill individuals. In this Guidance paper we present some of the factors affecting the image of psychiatry and psychiatrists which is perceived by the public at large. We look at the portrayal of psychiatry, psychiatrists in the media and literature which may affect attitudes. We also explore potential causes and explanations and propose some strategies in dealing with negative attitudes. Reduction in negative attitudes will improve recruitment and retention in psychiatry. We recommend that national psychiatric societies and other stakeholders, including patients, their families and carers, have a major and significant role to play in dealing with stigma, discrimination and prejudice against psychiatry and psychiatrists.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Pharmacy Students toward People with Mental Illnesses and Help-Seeking: A Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia

Pharmacy ◽

10.3390/pharmacy9020082 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 82

Author(s):

Saud Alsahali

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Pharmacy Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Maximum Score ◽

Seeking Help ◽

The Mean

People with mental illnesses (MIs) face several challenges in addition to their disease. People’s negative views of those with MIs impact patients’ decisions to seek professional help. The aims of this study were to assess pharmacy students’ attitudes toward people with MIs and seeking help for mental health, as well as their knowledge about the causes of MIs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on pharmacy students at Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Out of the 460 distributed questionnaires, 330 complete questionnaires were received, giving a response rate of 71.7%. Overall, the mean total score for attitude towards people with MIs was 60.16 ± 10.48 (maximum attainable score: 105). In this study, 51.12% believed that people with MIs are more likely to harm others than a person without MIs and 66.9% mentioned that they did not trust the work of a mentally ill person as part of their work team. However, only 35.45% believed that it is difficult for mentally ill individuals to follow social rules. In terms of attitudes toward help-seeking, the mean total score of was 12.83 ± 3.16 out of the maximum score of 25. In addition, the mean total score for knowledge about causes of mental illness was 2.92 ± 1.76 out of the maximum score of 8. The participants reported that MIs could be due to genetic inheritance (56%), substance abuse (54.5%), or brain disease (66.1%). The findings showed that there are some negative attitudes toward people with MIs and negative attitudes towards seeking help for mental health. In addition, some misconceptions about the causes of MIs are prevalent. Consequently, the incorporation of more topics concerning mental health in pharmacy curricula could help improve the awareness of and knowledge about mental health.

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Attitudes of mental health professionals and lay-people towards involuntary admission and treatment in England and Germany—a questionnaire analysis

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2003.11.001 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 91-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Peter Lepping ◽

Tilman Steinert ◽

Ralf-Peter Gebhardt ◽

Hanns Rüdiger Röttgers

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Health Workers ◽

Mental Health Workers ◽

Involuntary Admission ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Lay People ◽

Legal Frameworks

AbstractObjectivesTo identify attitudes about involuntary admission and treatment in mental health professionals and lay-people and to compare results between England and Germany.MethodThree scenarios of potentially detainable patients were presented to identify attitudes. A questionnaire asked about attitudes towards involuntary admission as well as treatment. A questionnaire analysis was then performed.ResultsThere were similar attitudes towards involuntary admission and treatment between lay-people and mental health professionals with the exception of professionals not actively involved in the detention process. The different legal frameworks between Germany and England did not influence attitudes much. Support for involuntary admission and treatment broadly increased with age.ConclusionsPsychiatrists and other mental health workers are in tune with society with regards to attitudes towards involuntary admission. People involved with mentally ill patients but not in the detention process have negative attitudes towards involuntary admission.

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The Mental Health and Social Exclusion European Network

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027//1016-9040.5.3.245 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 245-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Luigi Leonori ◽

Manuel Muñoz ◽

Carmelo Vázquez ◽

José J. Vázquez ◽

Mary Fe Bravo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

European Union ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Outcome Evaluation ◽

World Federation ◽

The European Union ◽

Capital Cities ◽

Homeless Mentally Ill ◽

The Impact

This report concerns the activities developed by the Mental Health and Social Exclusion (MHSE) Network, an initiative supported by the Mental Health Europe (World Federation of Mental Health). We report some data from the preliminary survey done in five capital cities of the European Union (Madrid, Copenhagen, Brussels, Lisbon, and Rome). The main aim of this survey was to investigate, from a mostly qualitative point of view, the causal and supportive factors implicated in the situation of the homeless mentally ill in Europe. The results point out the familial and childhood roots of homelessness, the perceived causes of the situation, the relationships with the support services, and the expectations of future of the homeless mentally ill. The analysis of results has helped to identify the different variables implicated in the social rupture process that influences homelessness in major European cities. The results were used as the basis for the design of a more ambitious current research project about the impact of the medical and psychosocial interventions in the homeless. This project is being developed in 10 capital cities of the European Union with a focus on the program and outcome evaluation of the health and psychosocial services for the disadvantaged.

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