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The Mystery of Life Energy Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics, and Gaia Consciousnessby Eric Leskowitz MDBook Review by Lisa Nemzo “The heart is a pump, the eye is a camera, and the brain is a computer.”…“They are wrong turns that have sent modern science and medicine (and even society itself) off in a mistaken and
Dr. Kendra Gaines, Editor-in-Chief, IJHC It isn’t too often that we read an article, in this case, Dr. Christina Ross’s article on energy medicine, and then have the astounding privilege of watching a theory under discussion turn into practice. But that is exactly what has happened to my Significant Other (SO). He has a lower back
Christina L. Ross, PhD Current practices in allopathic medicine measure different types of energy in the human body by using the same types of quantum field dynamics that are used in nuclear medicine, radiology and imaging diagnostics. Once diagnosed, current treatments revert to biochemistry instead of using biophysics therapies to treat the disturbances in subtle
Harry van der Zee, Harald Walach Introduction This research aims at demonstrating that the immune system of HIV-positive patients can be enhanced using a remedy created in 2002 by Peter Chappell named PC1, based on the symptom totality of AIDS in Africa.
Ingrid Torres Barbosa1 Music Therapy and the sub-genera of Sound Healing and Vibroacoustics is increasingly in popularity and becoming a well-known therapeutic application based on early scientific evidence. The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze existing evidence on music therapy interventions and the application of Sound Healing and Vibroacoustics which are used
Reviewed by Eric Leskowitz MD The title of Dr. Judith Tsafrir’s new book, Sacred Psychiatry, would seem to be a contradiction in terms. It’s been at least a generation since psychiatry abandoned its soul (psyche in Greek) in its quest for the latest medication. But this book does not misfire – it lives up to
Dr. Kendra Gaines, Editor-in-Chief, IJHC A couple of years ago, my Significant Other discovered he had a leaky mitral valve in his heart. Without treatment, he could easily die of congestive heart failure. We sought the advice of a physician who offered to enter my 86-year-old SO in a study, saying “You’ll have a 50/50
Alice W. Lee, MD, ABIHM, ABoIM Currently, the field of psychiatry is beginning to understand the severity and persistence of psychiatric medication withdrawal symptoms [1,2,3]. Functional approaches have been proposed for some psychiatric medication withdrawal processes [4,5], but there is no consensus for a reliable method for guiding safe psychiatric medication withdrawal or resolving underlying
Gunilla Hamne, Ulf Sandström, Peta Stapleton A challenge in conflict resolution and peace building efforts for regions affected by war and genocide is the treatment of conditions such as post trauma stress disorder. Previous examination of somatic based trauma approaches has indicated effectiveness with trauma in conflict zones. This brief clinical note outlines one such approach
Philip H. Friedman, Ph.D, John Freedom, CEHP AbstractPlease Note: This article is a follow-up to my previous article on psychotherapy with two patients with COVID-19 (Friedman, 2022, June): http://www.societyforpsychotherapy.org/a-practice-based-evidence-approach-pre-during-and-post-covid-19-during-psychotherapy In this article we discuss the use of a digital assessment and tracking approach to monitor changes in affect, emotional stability, depression, anxiety, happiness, life balance,