Beyond Survivorship: Achieving a Harmonious Dynamic Equilibrium Using a Chinese Medicine Framework in Health and Mental Health

Ng, Siu-Man; Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan; Leung, Pamela P. Y.; Chan, Celia H. Y.; Yau, Josephine

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“…Therefore, based on an integrative review of the literature, this paper presents a heuristic conceptual framework of the potential role of enjoyable and meaningful leisure in facilitating active living, recovery and health/life-quality promotion among persons with mental illness from a more holistic/ecological and humanistic perspective in a global cross-cultural context. Holistic and ecological concepts supported by Ng et al (Ng et al, 2009), DeLeon (DeLeon, 2000) and Bambery and Abell (Bambery and Abell, 2006) are a basis of our framework.…”

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“…First, inspired by Chinese medicine's holistic model, Ng et al (Ng et al, 2009) conceptualized an Eastern body-mind-spirit approach to achieving a primary therapy goal of facilitating a harmonious equilibrium within oneself as well as between oneself and the natural and social environment. Advocating the notion of 'beyond survivorship,' this approach focuses on human strengths and thriving.…”

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Leisure as a context for active living, recovery, health and life quality for persons with mental illness in a global context

Iwasaki¹,

Coyle

Shank

2010

Health Promotion International

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Globally, the mental health system is being transformed into a strengths-based, recovery-oriented system of care, to which the concept of active living is central. Based on an integrative review of the literature, this paper presents a heuristic conceptual framework of the potential contribution that enjoyable and meaningful leisure experiences can have in active living, recovery, health and life quality among persons with mental illness. This framework is holistic and reflects the humanistic approach to mental illness endorsed by the United Nations and the World Health Organization. It also includes ecological factors such as health care systems and environmental factors as well as cultural influences that can facilitate and/or hamper recovery, active living and health/life quality. Unique to this framework is our conceptualization of active living from a broad-based and meaning-oriented perspective rather than the traditional, narrower conceptualization which focuses on physical activity and exercise. Conceptualizing active living in this manner suggests a unique and culturally sensitive potential for leisure experiences to contribute to recovery, health and life quality. In particular, this paper highlights the potential of leisure engagements as a positive, strengths-based and potentially cost-effective means for helping people better deal with the challenges of living with mental illness.

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Leisure as a context for active living, recovery, health and life quality for persons with mental illness in a global context

Iwasaki¹,

Coyle

Shank

2010

Health Promotion International

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“…Unlike measuring a single concept of depression and anxiety, the IBMS attempts to foster holistic wellness on the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimension of a person. Adopting the Chinese medicine concepts of dynamic balance of the yin and yang, IBMS interventions aim at promoting harmony and synchronicity of a total well-being which is more complex and subtle than Western measures of happiness and sadness especially in a relational context (Ng et al, 2008). The dynamic process of sense making and meaning making in turning a victim to a survivor was carefully studied (Tang et al, 2007).…”

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My Personal Journey of Generating Evidence in Social Work Practice for Social Change

Chan

2020

Research on Social Work Practice

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“…An integrated BMS approach, grounded on TCM core beliefs and principles, was adopted as the theoretical framework for the group therapy [ 22 ]. An integrated BMS approach has been extensively applied in the treatment of a range of health and mental health conditions, including cancer, bereavement, depression, and infertility [ 18 , 23 – 25 ]. The group therapy sessions are designed to be led by mental health practitioners after a brief training period (they do not need to have extensive prior knowledge of TCM).…”

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A Brief Body‐Mind‐Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Leng

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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Background Stagnation syndrome, a diagnostic entity in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is characterized by mind-body obstruction-like symptoms. Although TCM has long-established symptom-relief treatments, a comprehensive mind-body intervention was called for. Purpose The study evaluated the efficacy of a six-session body-mind-spirit (BMS) group therapy for persons with stagnation syndrome. Method A 2-arm randomized controlled trial design was adopted. The control group received a parallel general TCM instruction course. Both groups completed a pretest (T0), posttest (T1), and 2-month follow-up assessment (T2). The measures included self-report scales on stagnation, depression, anxiety, physical distress, daily functioning, and positive and negative affect; the other measure was of salivary cortisol, a biological marker of stress. Results Data on 111 adults with stagnation syndrome were included in the analysis. Completion rates were high (over 87%) for both the intervention and control groups. Repeated-measures multivariate MANOVA revealed a significant combined effect with large effect size (eta-squared = 0.42). Repeated-measures ANOVA further revealed that the intervention group showed significant improvements in stagnation, the primary outcome, with medium effect size (eta-squared = 0.11). The intervention group also showed significant improvements in depression, physical distress, everyday functioning, and negative affect (eta-squared = 0.06 to 0.13). Post hoc analysis revealed that the intervention group showed significant improvements over the control group in cortisol level at 2-month follow-up assessment (T0 versus T2) with small effect size (eta-squared = 0.05), but not at posttest (T0 versus T1). Conclusions Overall, the findings indicate that our brief BMS group therapy intervention for stagnation syndrome is efficacious. Moreover, the intervention resulted in a number of substantial improvements in the physical and mental health domains.

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Beyond Survivorship: Achieving a Harmonious Dynamic Equilibrium Using a Chinese Medicine Framework in Health and Mental Health

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Leisure as a context for active living, recovery, health and life quality for persons with mental illness in a global context

Leisure as a context for active living, recovery, health and life quality for persons with mental illness in a global context

My Personal Journey of Generating Evidence in Social Work Practice for Social Change

A Brief Body‐Mind‐Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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