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Clinical Holistic Medicine (Mindful Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Complimented with Bodywork) in the Treatment of Schizophrenia (ICD10-F20/DSM-IV Code 295) and Other Psychotic Mental Illnesses

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The Scientific World Journal, Volume 7, p.1987-2008 (2007)

Layperson Summary:

Psychotherapy that works to bring together the different parts of a person's sense of self (clinical holistic medicine) can help patients with schizophrenia and autism.

This paper includes a case study of a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia and autism who was cured by three years of clinical holistic medicine. When he first arrived at the clinic he had autism and was not in touch with his emotions. He had been abandoned in early childhood by his mother and father. After three years of therapy he had a social life and his behavior was much improved. The authors believe that psychodynamic treatment/clinical holistic medicine should be the treatment of choice for schizophrenia.

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