Mental Healing - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Teaching the art of healing.

30 Mar 2009 The Healer's Art is a course based on the work of Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., that is designed to explore the art of medicine with medical students. It has been offered as an elective to second-year medical students at the University of Minnesota ... Read more...

[Displacement and isolation. Mental illness in the city of Medellín. 1878-1930.]

29 Jun 2008 The observation in the city of Medellín within the framework of urban history generated a surprising picture of subjects in hygiene and public health, among which we found the case of mental illness and the control systems proposed by civilian ... Read more...

Religious activities of inpatients and their family visitors in Taiwan.

29 Mar 2008 PURPOSE: The purpose was to investigate the contributing factors of practicing religious activities (prayer and attending religious services) that help in overcoming the health problems that had led to the current hospitalization. These activities ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Healing - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Teaching the art of healing. 30 Mar 2009
• In my opinion: Birth as a vehicle for healing. 30 Dec 2008
• Birth as healing. 30 Dec 2008
• [Displacement and isolation. Mental illness in the city of Medellín. 1878-1930.] 29 Jun 2008
• Commentary on "religious activities of inpatients and their family visitors in Taiwan". 30 May 2008
• The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effect. 29 Apr 2008
• [Active involvement in the "art and healing--an ideal for learning" project: the enlivening power of art] 29 Apr 2008
• Religious activities of inpatients and their family visitors in Taiwan. 29 Mar 2008
• Exercises for mind and body: Giulio Mancini, collecting, and the beholding of landscape painting in the seventeenth century. 30 Dec 2007
• Mental health care of Filipino Americans. 30 May 2007
• To tame a heart. 27 Feb 2007
• Birth healing. 30 Dec 2006
• [Contribution to healing] 30 Dec 2006
• An introduction to the intentional use of hope. 30 Dec 2006
• The art of healing and the wisdom of the unconscious: how to make the invisible visible. 30 Dec 2006
• Finding meaning in suffering and healing. 29 Sep 2006
• Healing powers among doctors: is there a role for mysticism? 30 Mar 2006
• [Humor and illness] 27 Feb 2005
• Hope, belief, magic, and science. 30 Jan 2005
• [Neurophenomenological analysis of the therapeutic relationship in ritual healing] 29 Sep 2004

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Technical information about 'Mental Healing'

Definition: The use of mind to cure disease, particularly physical illness.

Descriptor UI: D008602

Alternative terms: Mental Healing; Healing, Mental;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.190.525.500; E02.190.901.500;

Technical Notes: do not confuse X ref SPIRITUAL HEALING with SPIRITUALISM