Western Medicine's (WM) clinical psychology has been developing for about two centuries. The fascinating growth
in knowledge regarding human cognitive and psychological mechanisms has occurred only in recent decades. Even with the assistance of neurology studies, clinical services still seem insufficient. One of the primary reasons is that the psychological field, in contrast to its peer fields in western medicine, must take cognitive, social, cultural, biological, neurological, and many other factors into account when administering treatment. This early stage of the development of psychology could benefit from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which has more than 6,000 years of history, with a proven theoretical foundation and rich medical experience in viewing and treating the same group of symptoms as those from WM. With the rising number of psychiatric disorders in the world, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking the view of TCM into account would benefit not only the healthcare system as a whole (in terms of cost-effectiveness) but also each individual's health (in terms of healingeffectiveness). In this book, I focused on illustrating the theoretical foundation of TCM and its view of psychotic disorders to help my WM medical peers better understand TCM's value. I discussed the mechanism of TCM in healing people (rather than just treating people) by using the universe's wisdom (Yin and Yang) to provoke our bodies to heal themselves. I also discussed TCM's principles regarding diagnosis and treatment (i.e., acupuncture and herbal medicine) and its applications in the period of long COVID-19. Qigong (and Taichi), which I did not illustrate in-depth due to the limited room in this book, is another proven, cost-effective healing approach that applies the same theoretical foundation as acupuncture and herbal medicine. To convince more of my medical colleagues, I discussed the effectiveness and pharmaceutical mechanism of herbal medicine and acupuncture using western medicine research. As is often said, knowledge without being understood is regarded by humans as nonscientific (which is hilarious, reflecting the
ignorance of some people about the unknown). I sincerely hope that this brief study of the TCM view of psychiatric disorders
will shed a little light on clinical psychology development. I also hope this work will facilitate both sides (WM and TCM)
in gaining insight from each other to benefit the core of humanity.
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Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 127 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-3-033-09459-8 (9783033094598)
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Dr. ir. Ying Zhang is the president and a professor of Singularity Academy, Switzerland. Before that, she worked as a tenured professor and associate dean at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, in the Netherlands. Dr. Zhang embraces multi-disciplinary background, including economics, business, entrepreneurship, computer science, industrial engineering, and traditional Chinese medicine. She has published over 100 articles across subjects and sectors, supervising academic theses at master's, executive, and Ph.D. levels. She was granted as one of the top 40 business professors under 40 worldwide, Top30 business thinker under the radar by Thinker50, and a Harvard Business Review China Management Mentor. She dedicates herself to well-being and sustainability and transforming education into a system with the core of humanity. Dr. Zhang is also a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, helping patients at Verus Bonifatius (hospital) in Germany. She has been a Visiting Professor and a Research Fellow at Harvard University (Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School), Cornell University, a Guest Professor at Zurich University, Luiss Business School, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and an Honorary Professor at Beijing Jiaotong University. Prof. Zhang lives in Zurich with her husband and three children.
