Integrating Asian Healing Traditions Into Biomedicine

Lhundup, Tenzin; Lake, James

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“…Traditional Chinese medicine has developed and progressed over time in various East Asian regions including Japan and Taiwan. Over the centuries it has grown to include various treatments such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and manual therapies, aimed at restoring the entire organism to a healthy state (Lhundup & Lake, 2018;Tan et al 2013). At its core, this approach takes a holistic approach to individual health and well-being in contrast to the dualism observed in Western methods that treats the health of the mind/psyche as largely separate from the physical health of the body.…”

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From zen to stigma: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and their cross‐cultural links to mental health

Lin,

Swanson,

Rogge

2024

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Stigma remains a significant barrier preventing individuals from seeking the support they need, particularly for individuals with East Asian heritages. To explore potential mechanisms, this study examined links from East Asian ideologies to mental health help‐seeking attitudes and peace of mind across five cultural groups: 322 respondents in China, 400 in Japan, 362 in Taiwan, 319 Asian Americans, and 688 white Americans. The three teachings of East Asia accounted for 31%–85% of the cross‐cultural differences in mental health attitudes and peace of mind. Empowering Confucian tenets (self‐cultivation, leading by example, and human heartedness), Taoism, and Buddhism all uniquely predicted greater peace of mind across most of the groups. Empowering Confucianism also predicted lower mental health stigma whereas Buddhism predicted greater stigma. Finally, Restrictive Confucian tenets (e.g., interpersonal harmony, propriety, and relational hierarchy) predicted greater stigma and lower peace of mind. Implications for addressing stigma/resistance within treatment and for promoting mental health across cultures are discussed.

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Section: Help Seeking and Traditional Healing Across East Asiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%