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Sacred Medicine: Indigenous Healing and Mental Health

open access: yesThe Qualitative Report, 2020
This participatory action research was designed to create guidelines and strategies to improve the delivery of mental health services to immigrants from Central and South America to the US. The demand for appropriate strategies for addressing the mental health needs of this population is increasing. This study recruited 17 traditional healers and their
Lucana, Sonia, Elfers, John
openaire   +4 more sources

Healing Images: A Historical Outline of their Use in Western Medical and Psychotherapeutic Traditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The ancient literature of numerous cultures abounds with accounts of spectacular cures resulting from the imaging process. These accounts are now being corroborated by a growing body of clinical and experimental evidence.
Sheikh, Anees A
core   +1 more source

Retreating to nature : rethinking 'therapeutic landscapes' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
There is a long history of removing oneself from ‘society’ in order to recuperate or repair. This paper considers a yoga and massage retreat in Southern Spain, and what opportunities this retreat experience might offer for recuperation and the creation ...
Braun B   +16 more
core   +1 more source

Longitudinal Relationship Between Pain and Depression in People With Inflammatory Arthritis: A Narrative Review

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
As many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) have chronic pain, understanding how to best assess and manage pain in IA is a priority. Comorbid depression is prevalent in adults with IA, affecting 15% to 39% of people. Although pain and depression are thought to be associated in IA, this concept is largely based on cross‐sectional data.
Natasha Cox   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing an Indigenous Model of the Self to Address Cultural and Mental Health Issues in the Canadian Subarctic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Since the last decades, academic research has paid much attention to the phenomenon of revitalizing indigenous cultures and, more precisely, the use of traditional indigenous healing methods both to deal with individuals' mental health problems and with ...
Marquina Márquez, Alfonso   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Effect of Nonsteroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs on Sacroiliac Joint Inflammation, as Seen on Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in Axial Spondyloarthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Imaging evidence of active sacroiliitis is important for diagnosis, classification, and monitoring of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, there is no consistent guidance on whether patients should temporarily stop nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) before magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Gareth T. Jones   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Depression and associated factors among old age population in Dega damot district, North West Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study

open access: yesJournal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2020
Background: Depression has been recognized as a significant problem associated with undesirable outcomes such as poor functioning, increased perception of poor health, increased utilization of medical services, increased morbidity and mortality.
Haile Amha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II) : randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Objective To compare the clinical effectiveness of larval therapy with a standard debridement technique (hydrogel) for sloughy or necrotic leg ulcers. Design Pragmatic, three armed randomised controlled trial.
Bland, J. Martin   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

Development of a personalized visualization and analysis tool to improve clinical care in complex multisystem diseases with application to scleroderma

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of a scleroderma patient's ...
Ji Soo Kim   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

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