Clinical holistic medicine: holistic adolescent medicine. 2004

Søren Ventegodt, and Mohammed Morad, and Joseph Press, and Joav Merrick, and Daniel T L Shek
The Quality of Life Research Center, Teglgårdstraede 4-8, DK-1452 Copenhagen K, Denmark. ventegodt@livskvalitet.org

The holistic medical approach seems to be efficient and can also be used in adolescent medicine. Supporting the teenager to grow and develop is extremely important in order to prevent many of the problems they can carry into adulthood. The simple consciousness-based, holistic medicine--giving love, winning trust, giving holding, and getting permission to help the patient feel, understand, and let go of negative beliefs--is easy for the physician interested in this kind of practice and it requires little previous training for the physician to be able to care for his/her patient. A deeper insight into the principles of holistic treatment and a thorough understanding of our fellow human beings are making it work even better. Holistic medicine is not a miracle cure, but rather a means by which the empathic physician can support the patient in improving his/her future life in respect to quality of life, health, and functional capacity--through coaching the patient to work on him/herself in a hard and disciplined manner. When the patient is young, this work is so much easier. During our lifetime, we have several emotional traumas arranged in the subconscious mind with the smallest at the top, and it is normal for the person to work on a large number of traumatic events that have been processed to varying degrees. Some traumas have been acknowledged, some are still being explored by the person, and yet others are still preconscious, which can be seen for example in the form of muscle tension. Sometimes the young dysfunctional patient carries severe traumas of a violent or sexual nature, but the physician skilled in the holistic medical toolbox can help the patient on his/her way to an excellent quality of life, full self-expression, a love and sex life, and a realization of his/her talents--all that a young patient is typically dreaming about. Biomedicine is not necessary or even recommended when the physical or mental symptoms are caused by disturbances in the personal development that can be corrected with love and understanding. If possible, biomedicine must be avoided, even if this means suffering for the young person, who needs to confront the tough realities of life in order to grow into an able and sound adult.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006694 Holistic Health Health as viewed from the perspective that humans function as complete, integrated units rather than as aggregates of separate parts. Holistic Medicine,Holistic Therapies,Medicine, Holistic,Whole Person Health,Wholistic Health,Medicine, Wholistic,Wholistic Health Care,Wholistic Medicine,Wholistic Therapies,Care, Wholistic Health,Health Care, Wholistic,Health, Holistic,Health, Whole Person,Health, Wholistic,Holistic Therapy,Person Health, Whole,Therapies, Holistic,Therapies, Wholistic,Therapy, Holistic,Therapy, Wholistic,Wholistic Therapy
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000295 Adolescent Medicine A branch of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period of ADOLESCENCE. Ephebiatrics,Hebiatrics,Medicine, Adolescent
D015510 Clinical Medicine The study and practice of medicine by direct examination of the patient. Medicine, Clinical

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