Full Description
This informative text provides an introduction to schizophrenia and a review of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatments being used in treating both schizophrenia and other mental diseases. Rather than focusing on how to carry out acupuncture and TCM, it examines the best way to apply treatments. Covering both the Western biomedical diagnosis and the essentials of Chinese differential diagnosis, treatment protocols are provided for each condition. A controversial text whose basic message is that TCM has much to offer for the future of psychiatric medicine.
Contents
Acknowledgements. Foreword. Translators Preface. Authors Preface. Chapter 1: Introduction. Invasions of the Six Environmental Excesses. Damage from Intemperance of the Seven Affects. Other Factors. Chapter Two: Clinical Symptomatology and Classifications. Clinical Symptomatology. Clinical Classifications. Chapter Three: Essentials of Differential Diagnosis. Compiling the Medical History. Psychological Examination. Differential Diagnosis. Chapter Four: Prevention. Creating a Healthy Mental lifestyle. Maintaining the Central Nervous System. Emphasis on Early Diagnosis and Treatment. Chapter Five: Treatments for Schizophrenia. Treatments Based on the Authors Experience. Treatments Based on Classical Treatises. Treatments Gathered from Modern Chinese Reports. Psychological therapies for Schizophrenia. Other Measures. Chapter Six: Concluding Remarks. Index.
