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KMID : 0607619960100010063
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Psychotherapy
1996 Volume.10 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.75
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Convergence of Western Knowledge and Eastern Wisdom in Contemporary Psychosomatic Conceptualizations of Health and Disease
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Hyo-Deog Rim
Graeme J. Taylor/Hyo-Deog Rim/Graeme J. Taylor
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Abstract
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From its early development, Western psychosomatic medicine has been influenced strongly by classical psychoanalytic theory and lineal model of disease causality based on Cartesian-Newtonian tonian dualism. Over the past decade, however. knowledge from developmental psychobiology, neruoscience and biomedical research has been integrated with contem porary psychoanalytic theorires. which has led to a new conceptual model that views illness and disease as the outcomerol sustained dysregulation within and between the multiple psychobiological systems that comprise the human organism. This new model transcends the mind-body dichotomy and theft-eby overcomes reductionism of Western biomedicine and its neglect of the person. The particular emphasis of the new psychosomatic model on the reeulation and dysregulation of emotions reflects a rediscovery of important insights of ancient Greek physicians and philosophers and also the wisdom of Eastern traditional medicine recognizes that health and disease are detect-mined by the level of Control of emotions ; disease may be prevented or treated by cultivating Tao(controlling mind or feelings). Also, Eastern traditional medicine eschews mind body dichotomy and employs an holistic approach to patients. Healths can be achieved by harmonious homeostasis in the internal environment and integration of internal and external environments. A loss of this harmony or integration is called an absence of Jen(不二) j.e. a disorder of communication or regulation.
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