Oriental Therapy - Alternative Therapy

Oriental Therapy - Alternative Therapy for Depression Oriental Therapy - Alternative Treatment for Depression The basic principles of depression treatments are important, but the real significance is in showing how these techniques specifically help with depression and why that takes place (Dale, Sorour, & Milner, 2008). This could aid in long-term therapy for depression patients. The majority of the treatments that are used in depression are either Western or Eastern in nature, depending on the country in which the patient lives and/or seeks help.

However, not everyone response to depression the same way, and the same is true with the treatments for the condition. When techniques are used that match the needs of the patient, long-term therapy and help is provided (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2001). This could mean some trial and error, of course, because there are many options for those who are battling depression. The goal of nearly all treatment options, however, is a less depressed state.

A calmness and a lack of stress can help provide this, as can the opportunity to discuss the problem with someone trained to talk to patients who are depressed (Dale, Sorour, & Milner, 2008). Determining the cause of depression, and treating both the cause and the symptoms, is the best way to help patients (Dale, Sorour, & Milner, 2008). The heart meridian and the balance of yin and yang are both very important to handling depression.

Japanese culture believes in these kinds of healing treatments and issues much more than the majority of Western society. Yin and yang are two sides to a coin, so to speak. When they are out of balance, a person will also be "out of balance" emotionally and perhaps physically (Dale, Sorour, & Milner, 2008). Determining in which direction the balance has skewed can allow for a person to adjust his or her life in order to bring back the correct yin and yang balance.

The heart meridian also deals with emotional issues that can manifest themselves physically. Examining the heart meridian in order to determine what the patient may be doing wrong can help that patient make appropriate changes. These changes will make the patient happier, and will also focus on helping the patient to remain in a healthier state of being.

There is much irony to be found in the opinion that all illness begins in the mind, because many doctors and alternative healers make this claim but yet are unwilling to admit that psychic illnesses are real. The Japanese people struggle with an honest discussion of psychiatric illnesses, as they often come to their doctors with somatic complaints. Yes, they may have headaches, stomachaches, or other issues, but it is the goal of the doctor to determine what is causing these problems.

Internal medicine doctors should look for physical reasons for these issues, but should also be open to the idea that no physical cause may be found (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2001). If that is the case, it is possible that the person is depressed, and that mental health counseling can be beneficial (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2001). Until the stigma of mental health and depression can be removed, however, Japanese people who need treatment for depression are not likely to receive it in the same way an American would receive treatment for that illness.

There is no need to change Japanese culture entirely where depression is concerned, but tying Western and Eastern techniques together could benefit both Japanese and American sufferers of depression. Both East and West must be fused from the standpoint of medicine and.