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psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Psychosomatic illness

A Psychosomatic illness is an illness which exists because of a particular reason. "Psycho-" means of the mind and "-somatic" means of the body. The body and mind are together interacting. That is the meaning of the word. An illness produced by or maintained by the interaction is properly called a psychosomatic illness. In some instances a psychosomatic illness might otherwise become cured but for the interaction of mind and body. An example of this situation are the things like stomach ulcers that are more often found in high stress ...

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Psychosomatic illness - Solutions

Psychosomatic illness - Other therapies

Psychosomatic illness - History

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Biopsychosocial model The biopsychosocial model of medicine, is a way of looking at the mind and body of a patient as two important systems that are interlinked. The biopsychosocial model is also a technical term for the popular concept of the mind-body connection. This is in contrast to the traditional biomedical model of medicine. The model was proposed by psychiatrist George Engel in a 1977 article in Science. The biopsychosocial model treats the biological, psychological and social issues as systems of the body, similar to the traditional medical ...

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia II - Psychosomatic illness - Solutions

Although psychosomatic disease might improve or disappear following suggestion by a recognized authority, both the psycho and somatic aspects of psychosomatic symptoms may vanish if people improve their relationships. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, for example, are usually considered to be psychosomatic illnesses. Like many eating disorders, they respond well to relationship coaching and various forms of counseling, usually under a physician's supervision. Psychosomatic illness - Other therapies. Chinese Medicine is known for c ...

Often when we suffer from a physical condition either minor or severe, it is a link in a chain of sequences that began centuries ago. Some illnesses and afflictions are Karmic. Knowing the cosmic relevance if it is karmic can lead to an understanding of the disease or illness on various levels. To consciously know this alone can have a transforming effect upon our lives today. Just understanding our situation can enable us to come to terms with it, which in turn can enable us to achieve vital equilibrium at higher levels of being and integration as well.

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psychosomatic illness: Creative Forgiveness Springs from Love

We need to find truth, love and forgiveness even in the midst of hatred, destruction and pride. Napoleon said: "What astonishes me most in this world is the inability of force to create anything. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the spirit". In so saying Napoleon touched upon an important principle of forgiveness. That forgiveness is creative and it springs from love. It is the ability to embrace the pain of injury to oneself, while extending one's hands in love.

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psychosomatic illness: The Three Faces of Regression Therapy

The techniques of past life therapy have been proven effective for many specific conditions. Still, there are cases where results just don't seem to develop in the course of good therapeutic practice. In these cases, the reason may be that we are not using the right tool for the job. The client will locate the real source of a condition if the therapist asks the right questions.

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Imagination

Imagination is, in general, the power or process of producing mental images and ideas. The term is technically used in psychology for the process of reviving in the mind percepts of objects formerly given in sense perception. Since this use of the term conflicts with that of ordinary language, some psychologists have preferred to describe this process as "imaging" or "imagery" or to speak of it as "reproductive" as opposed to "productive" or "constructive" imagination. Imagined images are seen with the "mind's eye". One hypothesis for ...

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Water cure therapy

The "water cure" was a form of therapy developed in 18th century England by a doctor named Richard Russell. It generally consisted of varieties of water-related treatment — bathing in sea water, the drinking of sea water, and activities reminiscent of modern day spas. It became especially popular during the 19th century where health spas devoted to the "cure" were well-known medical institutions for the upper-class, especially those with malingering or persistent illness. One of the first water cures was in Brighton. Charles ...

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Atopic dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis, sometimes called eczema is a kind of dermatitis, atopic, psychosomatic skin disease. Skin of an affected person reacts to irritants, food and air allergens and becomes red, flaky and very itchy. It also becomes vulnerable to inflamations caused by bacteria. Joints (for example inner sides of elbows and knees) are most commonly affected regions. Atopic dermatitis very often occurs together with other atopic diseases like hay fever, asthma and conjunctivitis. It is a chronic disease and its symptoms can grow or disappear over time. There is no cure for it, but ...

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Constipation

Constipation is a condition of the digestive system where a person (or other animal) experiences hard feces that is difficult to eliminate; it may be extremely painful, and in extreme cases (fecal impaction) lead to symptoms of bowel obstruction. Causes may be dietary, hormonal and anatomical. Treatment is with a change in dietary habits, laxatives, fiber therapy, enemas, and rarely surgery. Constipation - Signs and symptoms. In common constipation, the stool is hard and difficult to void. Straining ...

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psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Allergy

An allergy or Type I hypersensitivity is an immune malfunction whereby a person's body is hypersensitised to react immunologically to typically nonimmunogenic substances. When a person is hypersensitised, these substances are known as allergens. The word allergy derives from the Greek words allos meaning "other" and ergon meaning "reaction" or "reactivity". Type I hypersensitivity is characterised by excessive activation of mast cells by immunoglobulin E resulting in a systemic inflammatory response that can resul ...

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Allergy - Treatment

Allergy - Pathophysiology

Allergy - Basis of the allergic response

Allergy - Basis of increasing prevalence

Allergy - Common allergens

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psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Rebirthing

Rebirthing is a branch of alternative medicine which postulates that human birth is a traumatic event (see birth trauma) and that a discipline consisting of a combination of connected breathing techniques, relaxation and focused awareness can have therapeutic benefits. Variations on these theories go by the names compression therapy, cuddle time and holding-nurturing process. Rebirthing is also considered an "appropriat ...

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psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a debilitating chronic syndrome (constellation of signs and symptoms) characterized by diffuse pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms. It is not contagious, and recent studies suggest that people with fibromyalgia may be genetically predisposed[1]. It affects more females than males, with a ratio of 9:1 by ACR criteria [2]. Fibromyalgia is seen in 3-10% of the general population, and is mostly found between the ages 20 and 50. The nature of fibromyalgia is not well understood, and there is no cure, though it ...

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Fibromyalgia - Differentials

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) and various other names, is a syndrome of unknown and possibly multiple etiology, affecting the central nervous system (CNS), immune, and many other systems and organs. Most definitions other than the 1991 UK "Oxford", require a number of features, the most common being severe mental and physical depletion, which according to the 1994 Fukuda definition is "unrelieved by rest", and is usually made worse by even trivial exertion (controver ...

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Chronic fatigue syndrome - Diagnosis

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Criticality accident

A criticality accident (also sometimes referred to as an "excursion" or "power excursion") occurs when a nuclear chain reaction is accidentally allowed to occur in fissile material, such as enriched uranium or plutonium. This releases neutron radiation which is highly dangerous to surrounding personnel and which causes induced radioactivity in the surroundings. When such incidents occur outside reactor cores and test facilities where fission is intended to occur, they pose a high risk both of injury or death to su ...

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Criticality accident - Confusion with Cherenkov radiation and other effects

Criticality accident - Records

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Dianetics

Dianetics is a therapeutic method and a set of ideas about the nature and structure of the human mind created by L. Ron Hubbard. The term "Dianetics" was coined by Hubbard, based on the Greek roots "dia-," meaning "through," and "-noos," meaning "mind" or "soul." Centered around a two-person question-and-answer councilling technique he called "auditing," Dianetics became a focus of widespread attention and controversy with the publication, in 1950, of Hubbard's book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In that book, ...

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psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg ▶ (help·info) (né Swedberg) (January 29, 1688 – March 29, 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. Then at age fifty-six he claimed that he entered into a new spiritual phase of his life, experiencing first dreams, and later visions of a spiritual world where he talked with angels and spirits, many of them from the Bible, such as Moses and Jesus. Amongst other t ...

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Emanuel Swedenborg - Accomplishments

psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - Transcendental meditation

The Transcendental Meditation technique, or TM, is a form of meditation that originates from the Vedic tradition of masters that includes Guru Dev and the venerated Shankara, a part of the long history of India. It was introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a disciple of Guru Dev, fifty years ago. It has become a worldwide movement, with more than five million people having learned the technique. The TM organization has founded an accredited university Maharishi International University, and at one point even had a political part ...

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psychosomatic illness: Encyclopedia - L. Ron Hubbard

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific American author and founder of the pseudoscience Dianetics and the controversial Church of Scientology. In addition to Scientological and self-help books, he wrote fiction in several genres, business management texts, essays, and poetry. L. Ron Hubbard - Biographical outline. The Church of Scientology has produced numerous biographical publications that make extraordinary claims about Hubbar ...