Clinical Holistic Medicine: Mental Disorders in a Holistic Perspective

Abstract

From a holistic perspective, psychiatric diseases are caused by the patients unwillingness to assume responsibility for his life, existence, and personal relations. The loss of responsibility arises from the repression of the fundamental existential dimensions of the patients. Repression of love and purpose causes depersonalization (i.e., a lack of responsibility for being yourself and for the contact with others, loss of direction and purpose in life). Repression of strength in mind and emotions leads to derealization (the breakdown of the reality testing, often with mental delusions and hallucinations). The repression of joy and gender leads to devitalization (emotional emptiness, loss of joy, personal energy, sexuality, and pleasure in life).The losses of existential dimensions are invariably connected to traumas with life-denying decisions. Healing the wounds of the soul by holding and processing will lead to the recovery of the person's character, purpose of life, and existential responsibility. It can be very difficult to help a psychotic patient. The physician must first love his patient unconditionally and then fully understand the patient in order to meet and support the patient to initiate the holistic process of healing. It takes motivation and willingness to suffer on behalf of the patients in order to heal, as the existential and emotional pain of the traumas resulting in insanity is often overwhelming. We believe that most psychiatric diseases can be alleviated or cured by the loving and caring physician who masters the holistic toolbox. Further research is needed to document the effect of holistic medicine in psychiatry.

Human development II: We Need an Integrated Theory for Matter, Life and Consciousness to Understand Life and Healing

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Meta-analysis of positive effects, side effects and adverse events of holistic mind-body medicine (clinical holistic medicine): Experience from Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom and Germany

“…Eating disorders (60,68,86,91) Low self-esteem and self confidence (60,94) Anxiety (35,36,91) Schizophrenia and schizotypia (69,70,83,85,91) Borderline and other disorders of personality (35,36,69,70,85,91) Depression and hypothymia (mood and emotional disorders) (69,70,91) Alcoholism, ludomania, other types of dependency (62,91) Children and adolescence with autism or behavioural disturbances including ADHD (53,60,93) Post traumatic stress and other sequelae of violent or sexual trauma like rape and incest (24,25,40,55,60,64,66,76,77,91,98) Sexual and gynaecological problems All major sexual dysfunctions and vulvodynia (47,54,55,80,81,84,85,92) Adolescent gynaecological problems (40,55,60,64,66,76,77,92,98) Couples therapy (54,92)…”

A need for holistic approach to the occupational health developing (in Serbia)

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