Department of Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter, EX2 4NT, UK.
Chin J Integr Med. 2011 Feb;17(2):154-8. doi: 10.1007/s11655-011-0633-2. Epub 2011 Mar 9.
This article presents the potential integration of psychotherapy and massage when considering the essence of their beneficial effects. The essence of this model of practice is multifaceted, combining principles from anatomy, physiology and neuroscience with psychotherapy to benefit patient care. It has been advocated that possessing multidisciplinary knowledge from these areas of science enhances psychotherapists' holistic care of their depressive patients. A narrative review of the literatures and a qualitative, conceptual synthesis has been performed to create a new theoretical-pragmatic construct. This article introduces the concept of massage practice as a part of psychotherapy practice and presents the potential integration of psychotherapeutic knowledge with clinical decision-making and the management of depressive symptoms. The authors emphasize the usefulness of multi- and interdisciplinary knowledge in the psychotherapeutic process and explain how this knowledge might be extrapolated and incorporated into theoretical and practical settings to benefit depressive patients. The justification for this concept is also presented. The principles set out in this article may be a useful source of information for psychotherapists concerned about their patients' holistic well-being in addition to the psychopathology for which they have sought treatment. Researchers and psychotherapists can obtain valuable and additional knowledge through cross-fertilization of ideas across the arguments presented here.
本文提出了在考虑心理治疗和按摩有益效果的本质时将两者结合的可能性。这种实践模式的本质是多方面的，它将解剖学、生理学和神经科学的原理与心理治疗相结合，以促进患者的护理。有人主张，拥有来自这些科学领域的多学科知识可以增强心理治疗师对其抑郁患者的全面护理。本文对文献进行了叙述性回顾，并进行了定性、概念性综合，以创建一个新的理论-实践结构。本文介绍了将按摩实践作为心理治疗实践的一部分的概念，并提出了将心理治疗知识与临床决策和抑郁症状管理相结合的可能性。作者强调了在心理治疗过程中多学科和跨学科知识的有用性，并解释了如何将这些知识推断和纳入理论和实践环境中，使抑郁患者受益。本文还提出了这一概念的合理性。除了他们寻求治疗的精神病理学之外，本文提出的原则还可以为关注患者整体健康的心理治疗师提供有价值的信息来源。研究人员和心理治疗师可以通过这些论点的交叉授粉获得有价值的额外知识。
