Integrative medicine review

Pérez-Alvarado, C. M.; n, Col. Industrial-Animas; Vargas-Madrazo, Enrique; Montes-Villaseñor, E.; Valdez-Betanzos, A.; Aranda, George; Hernández-Aguilar, Maria-Teresa

doi:10.30918/irjmms.64.18.062

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“…Specifically, they present a model emphasizing the interplay and dynamic interdependency between the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional components of the individual. This type of wholistic model is quite relevant to a discussion on stress as it considers the many factors impacting humans and their stress levels rather than assuming a traditional reductionistic view of the individual [118].…”

Section: Sites Of Potential System Failures and Solutionsmentioning

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The Promise of Applying Systems Theory and Integrative Health Approaches to the Current Psychosocial Stress Pandemic

Goldsby¹,

Goldsby²,

Haines³

et al. 2021

J Pub Health Issue Pract

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Background: Chronic stress in Western society may currently be characterized as a public health concern at pandemic levels and may be at risk of crossing a tipping point, as evidenced by major societal unrest. While evolutionarily, activation of the body’s sympathetic nervous system (SNS) exists to protect the individual by triggering the ‘fight or flight’ response, this response has been observed to be chronically occurring in a significant number of individuals in Western society. This chronically stressed physiological state has been linked to numerous physical health problems, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, and behavioral problems such as addictions. When considered in the framework of Systems Theory, the multiple levels of stress – including individual, relationship, and societal levels – may be viewed as interacting and thus compounding features of the system. In this context, this paper also briefly discusses the potential benefits of using Integrative Health treatment approaches as a priority to counter the pandemic’s multiple levels of psychosocial stress. Objective: This paper strives to examine the pandemic of psychosocial stress in Western society in terms of a Systems Theory and Integrative Health framework. Conclusion: The next logical step in attempting to avoid and abate more disastrous results of the stress pandemic would include examining effective and promising treatments for chronic stress. Therefore, the present paper recommends the pursuit of extensive research into effective treatments for stress, especially examining treatments that take a whole-person or integrative approach.

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Section: Sites Of Potential System Failures and Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Promise of Applying Systems Theory and Integrative Health Approaches to the Current Psychosocial Stress Pandemic

Goldsby¹,

Goldsby²,

Haines³

et al. 2021

J Pub Health Issue Pract

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“…Ellas son, en cambio, el resultado de un entramado complejo que, en cada ser humano, se declina de forma sumamente diferente dependiendo del contexto (cuerpo-territorio). Por supuesto que se comparten entre personas síntomas y procesos comunes, lo cual ha hecho postular a la medicina que las patologías sean categorías fijas (Pérez-Alvarado et al, 2018;Rakel, 2017). Sin embargo, no es exactamente así: la persona, en su totalidad y no solo cual ente fisiológico, es parte central de su proceso salud-enfermedad.…”

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“…18, núm. 2, pp.97-131, ISSN: 1870-2333 Abraham Puga, Francesco Panico, Irán Soto, Édgar Ruiz y Enrique Vargas de la salud (Pérez-Alvarado et al, 2018;Valdés-Cobos y Cruz-Galicia, 2013;Vargas-Madrazo y Ruiz-Cervantes, 2015). Somos los únicos que podemos conocer a profundidad nuestro cuerpo y sus procesos salud-enfermedad (su historia y significado); por ende, somos los únicos que podremos sanarlo de forma sustentable desde la participación transformativa como expresión cotidiana del cuidado esencial (Boff, 2002;Illich, 1978).…”

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“…A partir de este contexto, nos planteamos algunas preguntas derivadas de nuestra visión de la vida y del cuidado de la salud, en el sentido de cómo podemos construir colectivamente una experiencia de sanación en la que no se repliquen las prácticas que vemos en la medicina institucionalizada, donde los «profesionales» o «especialistas» son quienes deciden y actúan por nosotros; por tanto, nuestras células son obligadas a «rectificar» su camino equivocado, erradicando los síntomas (Pérez-Alvarado et al, 2018;Vargas-Madrazo y Ruiz-Cervantes, 2015), generando una «salud» insustentable. Prácticas que, por cierto, nos están llevando al desfiladero del colapso civilizatorio, como la pandemia Covid-19 lo ha mostrado dramáticamente en estos meses pasados (Boff, 1996;Morin, 1983Morin, , 1986Morin, , 1988Morin, , 1990Morin, , 1992.…”

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The Participatory Temazcal and the Dialogue of Knowledge

Puga-Olguín

Panico

Campos

et al. 2022

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“…The need for such studies resides on the fact that more openness is required regarding the systematization of information concerning epidemiologic studies in general (8). For this reason, System Medicine, a complementary approach to the conventional research systems, has been chosen (9). Therefore, several strategies from different science fields have been implemented in the study of diverse cancers, such as probabilistic networks or Bayesian networks (10,11).…”

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Prevalence of Germ Cell Tumors in a Mexican Tertiary Hospital and the Creation of a Probabilistic Network of Risk Factors

Loeza¹,

Montes²,

Andrade³

et al. 2020

Iran J Pediatr

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Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death in children around the world. The highest incidence of cancers in children belongs to leukemia and germ cell tumors (GCT); on the other hand, some studies point out that GCT occupies the ninth place of prevalence. Due to their peculiar features and the frequency found in this study, the research on GCT is a matter of great importance. Objectives: To study and describe the epidemiological features of GCT in a tertiary hospital in Veracruz, Mexico. Methods: Descriptive statistics of GCT in a Mexican hospital, arranged by gender, residence area and diagnosis year, and implementation of a Bayesian network of risk factors for this population. Results: Out of 801 pediatric cancers recorded in the study period, 87 were germ cell tumors, ranking this tumor as the second most prevailing cancer in this hospital. The most frequent histological type for these tumors was mixed germ tumor (31.58%). The region of the state of Veracruz presenting the highest number of patients with GCT in this hospital was the central zone with 56.72%. The Bayesian network showed that the location of the tumor had a probabilistic relationship with the histological type and the histological type with patient gender. Also, the geographical zone is directly related to the GCT stage. Conclusions: In this study GCT ranked second in prevalence at this hospital. This number is the highest ever reported in the world. In 2012, 6 cases of GCT were recorded, while in 2015, 11 cases were reported. These numbers show an increase in the GCT prevalence in the population during that time frame. Risk factors, like tumor location and geographical zone, were pinpointed, which, as a whole, can be useful for diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients suffering from this pathology.

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Integrative medicine review

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The Promise of Applying Systems Theory and Integrative Health Approaches to the Current Psychosocial Stress Pandemic

The Promise of Applying Systems Theory and Integrative Health Approaches to the Current Psychosocial Stress Pandemic

The Participatory Temazcal and the Dialogue of Knowledge

Prevalence of Germ Cell Tumors in a Mexican Tertiary Hospital and the Creation of a Probabilistic Network of Risk Factors

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