TITLE:
More than One I—The Healing of a Patient with Bipolar Disorder with Integrative Psychiatry
AUTHORS:
Kamla Nannan Panday-Jhingoeri, Joop T. V. M. de Jong
KEYWORDS:
Integrative Psychiatry, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Transpersonal Regression Therapy, Bipolar Disorder, Cultural Explanations, Spirituality
JOURNAL NAME:
Sociology Mind,
Vol.12 No.4,
October
11,
2022
ABSTRACT: In the current study, we address the
therapeutic components and the effectiveness of integrative psychiatry with
transpersonal regression therapy as alternative and
complementary medicine. The treatment of a man with therapy-resistant bipolar disorder was successful with this approach. The process in which the
therapist analyses the issues found by the patient in cultural explanations
like reincarnation, curse and spirit possession is described. During the
therapeutic sessions, different
subpersonalities manifested and negotiation with these subpersonalities
succeeded in integrating them or removing them from the mainstream personality of the patient resulting in his transformation.