Holistic medicine and mental health practice: toward a new synthesis.

Full Abstract

Holistic medicine offers insights and techniques which can significantly enlarge and enrich mental health practice. This approach, which recognizes the uniqueness of each patient, the centrality of the therapeutic partnership, and the primacy of self-care, regards the spiritual dimension as a vital enlargement of the biopsychosocial model. After outlining the holistic approach and its congruence with psychological thinking, this paper explores the ways in which holism may shape the future of mental health practice.

Author information

Author/s: Gordon, J S (JS);

Affiliation: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: The American journal of orthopsychiatry (Am J Orthopsychiatry), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1990-Jul; vol 60 (issue 3) : pp 357-70

Dates: Created 1990/09/12; Completed 1990/09/12; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 2200272, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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