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Department of Counseling:
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| International Conference
on "Spirituality in Healthcare" |
24th October 2009
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Dr. Mia Leijssen, Professor in Psychotherapy & Counselling,
University of Leuven (Belgium)
“Caring for the soul as the
keystone in healthcare.”
The soul is about how we live and about what really matters to us. On the one hand, the soul is tangible as a sort of inner compass, a bodily felt inspiration. On the other hand that inward-oriented movement is inseparably linked to an outward-oriented movement of connectedness with something that transcends the person.
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Dr.E.V.Joshy, Senior Consultant, Dept of Neurology, SSSIHMS.
“Chronic Stress–The Ultimate Risk factor",
"Soul Medicine-The Ultimate Solution.”
Heart attack and stroke due to atherothrombosis (blood clotting) are the leading cause of worldwide mortality and morbidity. Metabolic syndrome (belly fat + high blood pressure + high blood sugar) is the most important risk factor for atherothromosis. Chronic stress hormone - Cortisol is a contributing factor to development of metabolic syndrome.
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Dr.M.W.Krucoff, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine / Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center. Durham, North Carolina, USA.
"Follow a Shining Star, Inspiration and guidance for Clinical Research using Music, Imagery, Touch and Prayer in High Tech Cardiovascular Care"
Clinical research paradigms apply statistical and scientific methods to better measure and understand limitations of modern clinical practice, in hopes of informing practitioners with tools able to better address unmet medical needs.
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Mrs.Gita Umesh, Senior Counselor,Dept. of Counselling, SSSIHMS.
“Counseling the SAI Way”
The presentation comprises of the spiritual awareness therapy being provided as a complementary sustainable practice at SSSIHMS, Bangalore, India to all the patients admitted at the hospital for tertiary care. It is based on the Sai Philosophy integrating the five human values in daily life, leading towards a subdued and calm state of mind. The five human values being universal, it is secular in approach.
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Dr.Torkel Falkenberg, Associate Professor in Health Care Research, Academic Leader,
Unit for Studies of Integrative Health Care, Dept. of Neurobiology,
Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
“Health care reform and the evaluation of complex health care interventions –
integrative care”
Integrative care entails health care models which include various levels of biological, emotional, social and spiritual approaches to health and healing exemplified by numerous integrative care clinics and hospitals in high as well as low income countries.
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Dr.Joe Phaneuf, Chief of Medical Staff Education,
Kaiser Permanente, Union City,
CA, USA, Medical Director, Ashland Free Medical Clinic, San Lorenzo, CA, USA.
“ Work is Worship’’
Spirituality is recognized as contributing to health in many people and is expressed in searching for the ultimate meaning in life. When spirituality is integrated into health care there are very noticeable and positive results.
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Dr.Kavitha Prasad, Research Fellow Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine,
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
“Mind body Medicine in the US: A Mayo Clinic Perspective"
In 2007, adults in the United States spent $33.9 billion on out of pocket visits to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioners and purchases of CAM products. Between 2002 and 2007, an increased use was seen among adults for acupuncture, deep breathing exercises, massage therapy, meditation, naturopathy, and yoga.
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25th October 2009
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Dr.Shekar Rao, Head, Dept. of Pediatric Cardiac - Surgery, Narayana Hrudyalaya, Bangalore.
“Spiritual support reduces the burden of Cardiac Disease.”
Cardiac surgery demands scientific knowledge, technical expertise and hard work. The practitioners of this discipline are considered to be among the most capable of medical professionals. Cardiac illnesses cause great distress, are often life threatening and are among the most expensive of medical conditions to treat.
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Dr.V.Mohan, Chairman & Chief Diabetologist, Dr.Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre,
(WHO Collaborating Centre for Non Communicable Diseases Prevention & Control),
Chennai.
“Role of Spirituality in controlling chronic diseases particularly- diabetes”
Diabetes is an increasingly common and complex disease linked with serious complications and premature death. India today leads the world with the largest number of diabetic subjects, with 41 million. This number is expected to rise to 70 million by 2025 unless urgent preventive steps are taken.
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Dr.S.N.Simha, Chairman and Medical Director, Bangalore Hospice Trust
“Spirituality – a potent power in Palliative Care”
The goal of palliative care is to prevent and relieve suffering and to support in the best possible quality of life for patients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies.
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Dr.Barooah, Senior Consultant, Dept.of Cardiology, SSSIHMS.
“Illness & Spirituality”
Swamy has opened Super speciality hospital with a spiritual counselling department for the benefit of man. Swamy always says, " My life is My message". We should try to establish this model hospital and its functioning all over the country as well as in different parts of the world where needy people are.
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Dr.Ganesh Murthy, Consultant, Dept. of Neurosurgery, SSSIHMS.
“Role of Counselling in Neurosurgical outcome”
That psychosomatic relationship plays a major role in the healing of the patient is a reality, which medical practitioners would do well in recognizing at the earliest. A couple of interesting documented cases of this phenomenon…
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