Complementary and Alternative Medicine

a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices and products that are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine.

United States Department of Health and Human Services (2012). Complementary and Alternative Medicine Basics. Retrieved from http://health.nih.gov/

Equine Therapies/Activities

World Health Organization: Definition of

Wellness

Wellness is the optimal state of health of individuals and groups. There are two focal concerns: the realization of the fullest potential of an

individual physically, psychologically, socially, spiritually and economically- and the fulfillment of one’s role expectations

in the family, community, place of worship, workplace and other settings.

Smith, B. J., Tang, K. C., & Nutbeam, D. (2006) WHO Health promotion glossary; New terms. Health Promotion International Advance Access. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dal033

Where Do I Fit?

Sick Healthy30,000 types of diseases-

Wang, Q. (2012). Individualized medicine, health medicine, and constitutional theory in Chinese medicine. Frontiers of Medicine, 6, 1-7. doi: 1007/s11684-012-0173-y

Does being disease/disability/ disorder free mean we are healthy?Can we reach a high level of wellness while having a disease/disability?

VSWESTERN -Allopathic- Scientific

Chemical process that makes and uses own energy

Absence of disease

Treated equally

Process and validate feelings

Should be mastered

Should be passive

Rational, logical, competition, independence

EASTERN -Osteopathic- Body, Mind & Spirit

Interconnected whole

Harmony & balance between human, nature and society

Treated individually with consideration to other factors

Leads to greater psych health and awareness

Live in harmony with

Should be active

Relational, emotional, cooperation, interdependence

Wang, Q. (2012)Kanu (2012)

Nature

Human healer

Symptoms across patients

Counseling

Body

Health

Other

WESTERN -Allopathic- Scientific

EASTERN -Osteopathic- Body, Mind & Spirit

Need for more control objects in studies to further prove-inanimate objects

Acceptance of the human-animal bond-Inanimate objects are of no importance

Holmes, C. M. P., Goodwin, D., Redhead, E. S., & Goymour, K., L. (2012). The benefits of equine-assisted activities: An exploratory study. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 29, 111-122. doi: 10.1007/s10560-011-0251-z

Equine Therapies/Activities

WE KNOW: The living characteristics of the horses (and other animals) are attributed to the positive results of therapies/activities

David M. Einsenberg, MD

• 1980 went to China to study TCM

• Saw the differences in Eastern and Western Medical Models

• Advice: share and celebrate differences: do not dismiss in fear or ignorance

Harvard Medical School

Eisenberg, D. (2011). Reflections on the past and future of integrative medicine from a lifelong student of the integration of Chinese and western medicine. The Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 17, 3-5. doi: 10.1007/s11655-011-0622-5

Healthy People 2020

United States Department of Health and Human Services, Healthy People 2020. (2011, June 29). About Healthy People; Overview. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/default.aspx

Compliment Modern Medicine over

Replacing Modern Medicine

Wang, Q. (2012). Individualized medicine, health medicine, and constitutional theory in Chinese medicine. Frontiers of Medicine, 6, 1-7. doi: 1007/s11684-012-0173-y

Biological medicine is well developed- what happens when we add life!

What it will take:

•Further integration of W/E•Behavioral changes•Lifestyle changes•Reduction in negative stigmas•Making the unconventional, conventional•Education and advocacy•Increase programs available

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