Are Allopathic and Holistic Medicine Incommensurable?

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Evangelatos ◽  
Irini Eliadi
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Medicine

Modelling towards a more holistic medicine: The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH)

Morphologie ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (343) ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Van Sint Jan ◽  
L. Geris
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Medicine

scholarly journals First Do No Harm: An Analysis of the Risk Aspects and Side Effects of Clinical Holistic Medicine Compared With Standard Psychiatric Biomedical Treatment

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1810-1820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Ventegodt ◽  
Isack Kandel ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
Treatment As Usual ◽  
Philosophy Of Life ◽  
Do No Harm ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Patients At Risk

Clinical holistic medicine (CHM) is short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) complemented with bodywork and philosophical exercises, to be more efficient in treating patients with severe mental and physical illness. STPP has already been found superior to psychiatric treatment as usual (TAU) and thus able to compete with psychiatric standard treatment as the treatment of choice for all non-organic mental illnesses; we have found the addition of bodywork and philosophy of life to STPP to accelerate the process of existential healing and recovery (salutogenesis). In this paper we compare the side effects, suicidal risk, problems from implanted memory and implanted philosophy of CHM with psychopharmacological treatment. Method: Qualitative and quantitative comparative review. Results: In all aspects of risks, harmfulness, and side effects, we have been considering, CHM was superior to the standard psychiatric treatment. The old principle of “first do no harm“ is well respected by CHM, but not always by standard psychiatry. CHM seems to be able to heal the patient, while psychopharmacological drugs can turn the patient into a chronic, mentally ill patient for life. Based on the available data CHM seems another alternative to patients with mental illness. There seem to be no documentation at all for CHM being dangerous, harmful, having side effects of putting patients at risk for suicide. As CHM uses spontaneous regression there is no danger for the patient developing psychosis as, according to some experts, has been seen with earlier intensive psychodynamic methods. CHM is an efficient, safe and affordable cure for a broad range of mental illnesses.

scholarly journals Clinical Holistic Medicine: A Pilot Study on HIV and Quality of Life and a Suggested Cure for HIV and AIDS

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 264-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Ventegodt ◽  
Trine Flensborg-Madsen ◽  
Niels Jørgen Andersen ◽  
Mohammed Morad ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Cd4 Count ◽  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ethical Attitude ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Higher Consciousness

This study was undertaken to examine the association between the immunological impact of HIV (measured by CD4 count) and global self-assessed quality of life (QOL) (measured with QOL1) for people suffering from HIV, to see if the connection was large and statistically strong enough to support our hypothesis of a strong QOL-immunological connection through the nonspecific, nonreceptor-mediated immune system, and thus to give a rationale for a holistic cure for HIV. This cross-sectional population study in Uganda included 20 HIV infected persons with no symptoms of AIDS and a CD4 count above 200 mill./liter. The main outcome measures were CD4 count, global QOL measured with the validated questionnaire QOL1, translated to Luganda and translated back to English. We found a large, clinically significant correlation between the number of T-helper cells (CD4) and global self-assessed quality of life (QOL1) (r = 0.57, p = 0.021), when controlled for age, gender, and years of infection. Together with other studies and holistic medicine theory, the results have given rationale for a holistic cure for HIV. We suggest, based on our findings and theoretical considerations, that HIV patients who improve their global QOL, also will improve their CD4 counts. Using the technique of holistic medicine based on the life mission theory and the holistic process theory of healing, we hypothesize that the improvement of QOL can have sufficient biological effect on the CD4, which could avoid or postpone the development of AIDS. A holistic HIV/AIDS cure improving the QOL draws on hidden resources in the person and is thus affordable for everybody. Improving global QOL also means a higher consciousness and a more ethical attitude, making it more difficult for the HIV-infected person to pass on the infection.

World Congress for Holistic Medicine

1994 ◽  
Vol 83 (02) ◽  
pp. 126-127
Author(s):  
Tatiana Popova
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
World Congress

scholarly journals Clinical Holistic Health: Advanced Tools for Holistic Medicine

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 84-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Ventegodt ◽  
Birgitte Clausen ◽  
May Lyck Nielsen ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Health ◽  
Holistic Medicine

scholarly journals Introduction to the History and Current Status of Evidence-Based Korean Medicine: A Unique Integrated System of Allopathic and Holistic Medicine

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Shik Yin ◽  
Seong-Gyu Ko
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Standard Classification ◽  
Based Medicine

Objectives. Korean medicine, an integrated allopathic and traditional medicine, has developed unique characteristics and has been active in contributing to evidence-based medicine. Recent developments in Korean medicine have not been as well disseminated as traditional Chinese medicine. This introduction to recent developments in Korean medicine will draw attention to, and facilitate, the advancement of evidence-based complementary alternative medicine (CAM).Methods and Results. The history of and recent developments in Korean medicine as evidence-based medicine are explored through discussions on the development of a national standard classification of diseases and study reports, ranging from basic research to newly developed clinical therapies. A national standard classification of diseases has been developed and revised serially into an integrated classification of Western allopathic and traditional holistic medicine disease entities. Standard disease classifications offer a starting point for the reliable gathering of evidence and provide a representative example of the unique status of evidence-based Korean medicine as an integration of Western allopathic medicine and traditional holistic medicine.Conclusions. Recent developments in evidence-based Korean medicine show a unique development in evidence-based medicine, adopting both Western allopathic and holistic traditional medicine. It is expected that Korean medicine will continue to be an important contributor to evidence-based medicine, encompassing conventional and complementary approaches.

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