first week Flashcards
(47 cards)
A Model is Valid IF:
It predicts behavior.
Allows one to plan an intervention.
It demonstrates a therapeutic response
The Human Being is composed of:
BODY
MIND
SPIRIT
Sentient
Conscious, having sense perception. Experiencing sensation or feeling.
Mind (Latin-mens)
The faculty or function of the brain, by which an individual becomes aware of his surroundings and of their distribution in space and time, and by which he experiences feelings, emotions, and desires, and is able to attend, to remember, to reason and to decide.
Mens et Manus
mind and hand
Mind-Body Medicine
That portion of medicine in which the mind is used to effect healing.
The most powerful entity in the body responsible for healing, or for ill health;
The Mind
Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma (CIE) – Fish Skin Disease
Causes by defects in genes for Keratin 4 and Keratin 10.
Disease of hard, cracked, skin which looks like large fish scales.
What Is the Physical Mind?
Every thought is a physical event.
Neurotransmitters are produced, released, reabsorbed and broken down.
Some make it into the blood stream to provoke widespread reactions
Electrons are transferred, electrical microcurrents flow
The Mind
Likewise, changes in the function of the mind influence the entire body both through neural messaging events and through the neuroendocrine immune axis.
two example of mind
1) Myxedema madness: Severe hypothyroidism causes a reversible psychosis.
2) Depression: Prolonged depressed mood causes an increased response to painful stimuli as well as suppression of immune function and an increased incidence of infectious illnesses.
Spirit
part of ourselves that strives for the greater good in all things, and brings a sense of peace to the individual
Spirituality
The practice of a religion.
Time spent in meditation.
Volunteer work in the community.
Soul Sickness
is characterized by feelings of hopelessness , helplessness, meaninglessness, diminished self-esteem and a perceived sense of incompetence.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
No Blood Transfusions
Shintoism
Little or no organ transplantation. Injuring a dead body is a serious crime. The dead body (and thus organs obtained from a dead body) are impure.
Wicca
Sometimes must cast a spell to set up a protective force field over the office in order to let their own guard down so that physician can invade their space to provide care.
Native American
Commonly employ herbal preparations, incantations and meditation (medicine wheel) in combination with concurrent medical care.
Autonomy
health spirit
-behaviors guided by one’s own internal, socially accepted standards and values
components of disease
somatic environ genetics nutrition behavior
Somatic Dysfunction
Impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic system: skeletal, arthrodial, and myofascial structures, and related vascular, lymphatic and neural elements.
it is normal tissue behaving badly.It is not tissue injury such as a sprain or fracture
what OMT stands for?
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment is used to correct or reduce somatic dysfunction; the somatic component of the disease
somatic dysfunction (4)
Tenderness
Asymmetry
Restriction of motion
Tissue texture abnormality
Structural Evaluation has Three Stages or Steps
Screening Examination
Scanning Examination
Segmental Definition
