Humanistic Treatment Research Articles

Management Analysis of Organizing and Public Contribution of “Pondok Tetirah Dzikir” Borstal Rehabilitation

The purpose of this study is to reveal one's efforts to independently provide alternative solutions for the rehabilitation of neuro-insane lunatics or narcotics, or others by the method of Inabah Suryalaya, Tasikmalaya. The way of Thariqah Qadiriyah Wa Naqsyabandiyah is to perform prayers, fasting, Dhikr, reciting the Qur'an, and bathing taubah. Method of this research was qualitative approach, survey, interview and exploration. The result this research proved that this institution practiced the modern management philosophy: planning, organizing, actuating, and evaluating. This research explored the way of management sight to figure out organizing and contributing borstal rehabilitation, in order to encourage people to participate and contribute. The basic philosophy of patient rehabilitation is humanistic treatment, high empathy, brotherhood, not really insane, not exiled person, et cetera. But feel homy, freely to act, needness of each other, humanistic exploration, take and give to each other.

“The scientific flourishing of Emotion-Focused Therapy”: a bibliometric analysis of EFT articles in Web of Science databases

ABSTRACT Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is an empirically supported humanistic treatment that considers clients’ emotional processes as the path to therapeutic change. The present aim was to develop a bibliometric study of EFT articles published in the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. Books and chapters were not included in this research. The bibliometric analysis was performed using Hiscite and VosViewer. Results showed 273 publications on EFT in WoS, the first being in 1994. The most relevant areas were depression and anxiety. The most productive author is Greenberg (n = 56; GCS = 2050). The 51.28% of publications corresponds to the last five years (2016–2020), observing a substantial increase in publications comparing with previous years. It is concluded that EFT is a psychotherapeutic orientation in recent scientific growth, with potential interest for further development in next years. The absence of results in WoS prior to 1994 is a limitation, given the origins of EFT in the 1970s. Extension of this study is recommended, including: publications about emotionally focused therapy, publications from other databases different from WoS, together with books and chapters. The importance of these results is discussed to allow other researchers and professionals to know deeply about the scientific production in EFT and its impact.

Evolution of the legislative and administrative system of controlled drugs in Taiwan

Controlled drugs are psychoactive drugs with dependence (addiction) and abuse potentials. They evolved from free-trade goods to scheduled substances that are strictly regulated in the United Nations drug-related Conventions. This paper began with a brief review on the history of addictive substance abuse in Taiwan. Then the progress of controlled-drug-related law enactment and the functions of National Narcotics Bureau and its successor, National Bureau of Controlled Drugs, were succinctly depicted. The experiences of substance abuse prevention and control, which have been accumulated in the past two decades since the methamphetamine deluge, have evolved into a controlled-drug regulatory system that now conforms to the spirit of the three UN anti-drug Conventions in general and a comprehensive system for the surveillance and prevention of substance abuse. However, according to the present substance-abuse problems and future developing trend, it is advised that (1) the operation of scheduling system should be more expertized and the inspection should be further strengthened; (2) whether the narcotic manufacturing maintains the status quo as a monopoly or seeks privatization should be based on the benefit of the general public; (3) in addition to the law enforcement from the supply side, a thorough anti-drug strategy should be equipped with a monitoring and reporting system for early substance-abuse detection and surveillance, a proactive education program that touches the need of the risk groups and a cost-effective and humanistic treatment program.

The humanistic burden reported by first-line (1L) head and neck cancer patients diagnosed with recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (R/M SCCHN) in europe: A real-world study.

e18514 Background: R/M SCCHN is associated with substantial humanistic burden and limited tolerable treatment options that are able to preserve heath-related quality of life (HRQoL). Real world evidence is lacking to characterize and quantify burden in these patients by geographic region and treatment. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK from Jan to May 2019. Physicians (n = 184) recruited patients to complete a survey assessing the impact of their SCCHN and completed medical charts for corresponding patients. Patient burden and HRQoL was captured through the patient survey, which included the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Head and Neck Cancer (FACT H&N) (range: 0-148; sub scores physical/social/functional: 0-28, emotional 0-24). Higher scores for instruments indicate better HRQoL. Patients were identified as 1L platinum eligible according to clinical characteristics and treatments captured in the medical charts. Results: Physicians recruited 577 (99 UK, 114 France, 117 Germany, 117 Spain, and 130 Italy) 1L platinum eligible patients of mean age 62.8 years, most were male (72%) and had ECOG score 0-1 (79%) or 2 (21%). Over half (52%) received the EXTREME regimen, 9% received a separate cetuximab-based regimen. Patients experienced a high symptom burden, most commonly fatigue (43%), weight loss (40%), pain (35%), and difficulty swallowing (32%). Dry mouth and persistent sore throat were reported by 19% patients. Most patients reported at least some problems with performing usual activities (62%), at least moderate pain/discomfort (79%), and at least moderate anxiety/depression (71%). Patients had a diminished HRQoL in every FACT-H&N domain: total score, 73.2; physical, 15.0; social, 16.5; emotional, 11.7; functional well-being, 10.7. Conclusions: In Europe, patients treated for 1L R/M SCCHN experience considerable humanistic burden and diminished HRQoL. These data suggest an unmet need in this patient population for novel treatments that are able to maintain or even improve HRQoL.

Evaluating the Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Humanistic Care Treatment on Cognitive Impairment Patients

Objective: To evaluate the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and Humanistic care treatment on Cognitive impairment patients. Methods: We invested 60 patients to join our study who were diagnosed as cerebrovascular disease or alzheimer disease, the diseases are cognitive impairment. Their diagnose time is from January 2019 to December 2019. We randomly assign the participants to two groups, that include control group (n=30) and intervention group (n=30). In control group, participants receive conventional responsibility mode of nursing. Intervention group participants receive humanistic care model in treatment process. Result: In Unplanned extubation rate of rTMS, the control group has more case of Unplanned extubation, it also has higher Unplanned extubation rate than that of intervention group [3 (10.0%) vs 7 (23.3%)]. In incidence of agitation, it shows the cases of intervention group are less than that of control group, and it is statistical significance (8 vs 13, p=0.014). In accurate response research, the intervention group has better performance in accurate response test, its accurate response rate is 86.7% and the case of accurate response is 26, that is better than that of control group in our research result. Conclusion: The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and Humanistic care treatment is good for improve treatment outcome of cognitive impairment.

José Luis Pinillos, profesor de relaciones humanas

espanolDentro de la evolucion intelectual que se descubre en la obra de Jose Luis Pinillos, el trabajo examina su etapa de profesor de Recursos Humanos en la Escuela de Organizacion Industrial de Madrid durante los anos 1950-60, y lo relaciona con la dimension humanista de su psicologia. En el trabajo se destacan unos comentarios suyos en torno a un grave problema social, de reconversion laboral, en donde todos los factores relativos al destino de los trabajadores afectados reciben un tratamiento comprensivo y humanista, con recomendaciones para una salida en que tuvieran en cuenta los motivos graves que afectaban a los trabajadores en sus reivindicaciones, y que una empresa atenta a los valores de la persona humana no podia desconocer. EnglishWithin the intellectual evolution that is discovered in the work of Jose Luis Pinillos, this work examines his time as Professor of Human Relations, at the School of Industrial Organization, Madrid during the years 1950-60, and relates it to the humanist dimension of his psychology. In this work, some of his comments about a serious social problem, labour reconversion, stand out, where all the factors related to the fate of the affected workers received a comprehensive and humanistic treatment, with recommendations for a way out that would take into account the serious reasons that affected workers in their claims, and that a company that respects the values of the human person could not be unaware.

«Fra tvang til dialog» – en kvalitativ casestudie om ny praksis i en psykiatrisk sikkerhetsavdeling [“From coercion to dialogue” – A qualitative case study about a new practice in one forensic mental health unit

A forensic mental health unit in Norway has developed a new treatment approach that emphasizes not only relational and communicative aspects but also reflective processes and socializing. The idea behind this new approach was to facilitate the transformation of standard services characterized by isolation and coercion. The aim of this case study is to explore and describe how a patient and his clinicians experienced this new practice. The method is qualitative, applying a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach with an explorative and descriptive design. Two focus group interviews with the clinicians and one individual interview with a patient were conducted in developing data. Thematic analysis was used and three major themes were identified: 1) New academic positions and practices were developed. Humanity, togetherness, and not being alone were important aspects of this theme. 2) Professionalism took a new form. Reflecting team, thematic violence, and strengthening the patient’s responsibility were main issues. 3) New forms of collaboration were developed. Training in independency, togetherness, and collaboration served as subthemes here. The study indicates opportunities and relevance for a more humanistic and inclusive treatment approach in forensic mental health units, one that focuses on strengthening the user involvement.

Existential Therapy and Jungian Analysis: Toward an Existential Depth Psychology

Existential therapy and Jungian analysis share much in common. The early Jung, with his self-professed scientific study and “empirical” description of the human psyche focused strictly on “observed facts,” fancied himself a phenomenologist of sorts, loosely using a philosophical method first described in detail by Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) at the start of the 20th century. In this article, the author, a clinical and forensic psychologist, compares the contemporary practices of existential therapy and Jungian analysis, citing essential similarities and differences, and proposing and describing the complementary synthesis of these two penetrating and potent theoretical orientations in a reimagined form of therapy he calls “existential depth psychology.” He argues here that contemporary existential therapy’s reflexively broad dismissal of depth psychology and its profound clinical wisdom diminishes it immensely. And vice versa. Given the inherent bias against such sagacious, depth-oriented counseling and psychotherapy in today’s increasingly vapid mental health marketplace, Jungian analysis and existential therapy, despite, or really due to, their differences, desperately need each other to become more balanced, whole, efficacious, relevant, and viable humanistic treatment approaches.

Who Owns Psychopathology? The DSM: Its Flaws, Its Future, and the Professional Counselor

Psychiatry has determined the scope of psychopathology for all mental health professionals, including counselors. The authors discuss the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in terms of its reductionist philosophy related to diagnosis and how an integration of frameworks may enhance the treatment process, with a goal of providing a dialectical and humanistic treatment approach.

A Study of the Discussions on Psychiatry of Korea in the 1960s and 1970s* - From Mental Hygiene to Modern Psychiatry.

This study is to review the emergence of new psychiatrists, scientific rationalization, and popular internalization to reorganize the formation process of modern psychological medicine system. Unlike eugenic psychiatry from the Japanese Colonial Era, the social conditions and contexts forming autonomous system of psychiatry of Korea in the 1960s and 1970s have been concentrated. The discussion approach has been tried to secure two perspectives-treatment and criticism-at the same time and to expand the time and scope of study through the extensive texts such as newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements, and others in the 1960s and 1970s. Through formation of subject, rationalization, and popularization, this study has surveyed the characteristics of psychiatry in the 1960s and 1970s to accentuate complicated conditions and kinetic steps to systemize psychiatry as scientific field to promote treatment of patients by deviating from mental hygiene approaching national mental health from cleanliness and removal. The characteristics are summarized as follows. First, as the ethical models of good doctors, medical paternalistic doctors, and non-authoritarian symmetric doctors have been proposed as good psychiatrists by new medical specialists with experience of globality, a new subject emerges. However, there has been illegalization process of unlicensed medical practitioner excluded by the regulatory authority called "clearness." Second, the rationalization of psychiatry has been accelerated through the dispute of enactment of Mental Hygiene Law, segmentalization of concept of mental illness, and scientific characteristics. Especially, the disputes over enactment of Mental Hygiene Law focused on criminalization of mental patients brought a result to regulate the patients as the target of humanistic treatment and potential criminals at the same time. Third, popularization of psychiatry has embraced invisible mental illness into popular daily life through visual measure called medicine advertisement, and through the discussion about social neurosis, a new paradigm for diagnosis of Korean society has been proposed. Moreover, by focusing on autobiographical works with voices of patients, this article reveals a new doctor-patient relationship.

Quality of Life in Chronic Mental Illnesses: Exploring New Frontiers—by Abhishek Pathak, Krishna Prasad Muliyala, Jagadiha Thirthalli, Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi (Editors). NIMHANS Publications, Bengaluru, 2016. 220 pp, 400. ISBN 978-81-8646468-00-5

Psychiatry is gradually expanding its horizons and moving towards a more humanistic treatment approach with quality of life taking over symptom improvement as treatment outcome. While decades have passed since quality of life has been studied in the context of chronic mental illness; researchers continue to debate on its exact definition and conceptualization. It still remains debatable as to what is the core of quality of life: hedonic well being or patient functioning. There are also differing views towards adopting subjective measurement or to include objective measures also while making assessment of quality of life in the context of mental illness. Written by pioneers of rehabilitation psychiatry in India, experts from Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, NIMHANS this is treatise on quality of life in chronic mental illnesses. Released on the occasion of Workshop on Quality of Life on 30th Jan 2016, this is the first Indian book on this topic. The book systematically captures quality of life research in various mental illnesses. Meant for psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals, the book gives insight about quality of life as a construct, issues regarding difficulties during assessment, fallacies in measurement and practical suggestions about measuring quality of life across the spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses. The book is set in four sections: the first section discusses the concept of quality of life in mental illness, its determinants and interplay with culture in the Indian context. Second section is on measurement of quality of life in mental illness with discussion of affective fallacy, cognitive fallacy and reality distortion fallacies. The third section addresses measurement of quality of life in various psychiatric disorders. In addition to chronic mental disorders, the authors have made a laudable attempt to describe quality of life in childhood psychiatric disorders and geriatric populations with dementias. My personal favorite is the chapter on quality of life and women mental health. Dr. Chandra is a renowned psychiatrist in the area of women’s mental health and the chapter eloquently captures gender specific determinants of quality of life across psychiatric diagnoses and proceeds to make recommendations for gender specific care for females with psychiatric disorders, very pertinent for the androphilic Indian society. Various interventions and their relation with quality of life have been mentioned in the fourth section. Biological interventions like psychotropics and brain stimulation methods have been addressed in separate chapters and so are psychological and social interventions which improve quality of life in various mental illnesses. Role of art and yoga which are acclaimed the world over for their therapeutic effects in improving quality of life has also been addressed adequately. In the whole process of working towards improving quality of life of patients with mental illness, caregivers and therapists often face burden and experience burnout. The authors have suggested interventions for caregiver quality of life improvement and made recommendations for therapists towards enhancing their own quality of life. Priced at INR 400, the book is value for money and is a must read for trainees in psychiatry as well as psychology. The book would also be extremely useful for clinicians as well as budding researchers in India who work with patients with chronic mental illness. Release of the book heralds a new era in Indian psychiatry that which keeps patient empowerment at its core. & Suravi Patra patrasuravi@gmail.com

Politics and the Humanistic Pose: David Hare’s Wall

David Hare has tried his hand at „writing history‟ for the East in a number of plays. In Wall he is keen on conferring an aura of historicity on his personal account, one thinly masked by the manipulation of documentary drama or verbatim theater as theatrical medium. Having promised to deliver an objective, impartial, and „liberal‟ study of the Middle East, and aware of the accusations his „First World‟ position before the Eastern subject (object) may bring against him, Hare arduously strives to avoid hackneyed representations of the unprivileged. Yet, he turns out to have fallen prey to that same old trap of polarizing and stereotyping. However, this “historigraphic metadrama” is often treated as having „authenticity.‟ Hence, the writers in this paper aim at exploring the Western unilateral fixations of the East behind the façade of humanistic treatment in the playwright‟s historiographic approach

A Critique of Atheistic Humanism in the Quest for Human Dignity

A challenge confronting the human person in contemporary society is the abuse to his personality which constitutes a bane to his dignity and well-being which has continued to be on the increase despite various theoretical attempts at addressing the issue of abuse to human dignity. One of such theoretical attempts, which is atheistic humanism, has failed in its quest to enhancing the dignity of man because it has neglected the theistic background necessary for understanding, relating to and the treatment of the human person. This paper therefore, aims at a critical analysis of atheistic humanism in its quest for human dignity with a view to showing its implications for the dignity and well-being of man. The paper employs the critical method of philosophy with a view to showing the inconsistencies and the implications of an atheistic humanistic understanding of man. The paper thereafter states that a theistic humanistic understanding and treatment of the human person better provides the ground for the pursuit and realization of human dignity and well-being.

日出山莊輔導有濫藥習慣的青少年成效評估調查

香港基督教服務處賽馬會日出山莊 ( 下稱 ⌈日出山莊⌋ ) 於2003年3月成立, 旨在為30歲以下濫用鴉片類藥物和濫用多種藥物人士, 提供一站式的人性化戒毒治療和康復服務, 重點並不單放在解決服務使用者的濫藥問題, 並更著重在他們的成長過程中加以協助, 期望他們能更有效地處理目前與將來要面對的種種問題, 故此, 中心著力於營造一個充滿愛的治療環境及製造機會供服務使用者成長. 日出山莊於06至08年間以量化和質性的混合研究模式評估服務成效. 透過客觀的數據分析和受訪者主觀的評價, 我們印證了日出山莊的服務確能使服務使用者戒除藥癮和獲得正面成長的效果 Hong Kong Christian Service Jockey Club Lodge of Rising Sun (LRS) has commenced its operation in 2003. The centre aims at providing one-stop and humanistic drug treatment and rehabilitation service for opiate and poly-drug abusers aged under 30. The focus of the treatment method adopted by the center is not merely to solve the clients' addiction problem. Rather, it is to assist the clients in their growth process, so that they can cope with current problems as well as future problems better. All effort aims at building a loving environment and creating opportunity for clients' growth. An evaluative research, which was done from 2006 to 2008, aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the service provided by LRS through using a quantitative-qualitative mixed mode method. The result revealed that the service users have a significant improvement in their drug problems, and growth and development after receiving humanistic service provided by LRS.

Relational and Transcendental Humanism: Exploring the Consequences of a Thoroughly Pragmatic Humanism

The relational and transcendental elements of humanism are considered. Although the relational component of humanism is extraordinarily valuable, the author argues that the transcendental portion of humanism should be abandoned. The implications of a thoroughly pragmatic humanism are explored.

Psychotherapy: The humanistic (and effective) treatment.

Although it is well established that psychotherapy is remarkably effective, the change process in psychotherapy is not well understood. Psychotherapy is compared with medicine and cultural healing practices to argue that critical aspects of psychotherapy involve human processes that are used in religious, spiritual, and cultural healing practices. A model of psychotherapy is presented that stipulates various aspects that involve uniquely human characteristics. Central to this model is patient acquisition of an adaptive explanation of his or her difficulties. Finally, the research evidence for this model is presented.

Emotion-focused Therapy: The Transforming Power of Affect

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is an empirically supported humanistic treatment that views emotion as fundamental to experience, as contributing to both adaptive and maladaptive functioning, and as essential to therapeutic change. EFT combines both following and guiding the client’s experiential process, emphasizing the importance of both relationship and intervention skills. Utilizing markers of particular emotional processing difficulties at the core of client problems, therapists intervene with matched interventions aimed to resolve the emotional processing difficulty. This process helps clients access new adaptive emotional resources, transform maladaptive emotional responses, address emotional interruption and regulation, make sense of experience, and construct new meaning and self-narrative.

Integrating a Humanistic Approach in Outpatient Sex Offender Groups

Cognitive-behavioral and relapse prevention models are currently the treatments of choice among sex offender treatment providers. This article recommends integrating humanistic principles within treatment programs in order to maximize the power of group psychotherapy. Humanistic treatment processes and therapist characteristics that improve therapeutic outcomes in sex offenders are described.

Health care seeking behavior of Korean women with lymphedema.

The present biocultural study aimed to describe the health care use patterns of women with lymphedema. Data came from interviews and participant observations with eight key informants between February 2000 and February 2002. Analyzing the process of seeking health care, this paper explored how Korean women with lymphedema make use of all the available resources in the three sectors of the health care system: professional, folk and popular health. In these three sectors of the health care system, informants showed different patterns of behavior. In the professional health care sector, they behave based on scientific Western medicine and holistic herbal medical frameworks. Informants want scientific technological treatment from a Westernized doctor and perfect humanistic and holistic treatment from a herbal doctor. In the folk sector, informants' behavior is ruled by a pragmatic and supernatural framework. Informants seek religious healers who have strong spirituality and non-religious healers who have experience and skills. Informants complied with these healer's remedies based on efficacy and empirical healing evidence. In the popular sector of the health care system, informants behave based on their concept of illness and rules of daily life. They believe lymphedema comes from poor blood circulation and they want to be regarded as members of society, not as patients with lymphedema. Therefore, informants practised popular remedies that they believed were good for promoting blood circulation and keeping their social network active. This description about health care seeking behaviors being embedded in Korean socio-medical culture can serve to understand patients with other chronic health problems. With these results, we can put a bridge over the river of cultural conflict between health professionals and patients.

Confrontation Group Psychotherapy with Gifted, Dually Diagnosed, and Self-Destructive Adolescents in a Residential Setting

An adolescent mutation has proliferated since the late 1960s who has been immune to traditional therapeutic and educational approaches. It takes a new breed of group leader to work with this difficult-to-treat youth, who either self-medicates abusing psychoactive substances and/or takes prescribed and potent psychotropic medication. Innovative and humanistic treatment techniques are needed to convince an unconvinced youth to use, rather than abuse, superior intellectual and artistic abilities.