PSY321H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Congenital Disorder, Homeopathy
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Psy321 lecture 10 april 4, 2014. Lecture outline: culture, physical variation & health, culture & health, culture, obesity, height, diet, & eating disorders, the immigrant paradox, culture & mental health, culture-bound syndromes, universal syndromes, culture & mental health: treatment. Right to health is universal and fundamental don"t think of culture. right. Lifestyles, activities, quality of relationships, conditions such as poverty: views from other cultures also suggest definitions include more than biology, ex. Traditional chinese medicine: yin and yang as negative and positive energies, good health = balance and involves body, mind, spirit, and the natural environment. So balance between yin and yang: balance upset by many factors, holistic view of health. Liver fire too much yang, not enough yin. Latin america: balance between hot and cold. For example, if a disease is thought to be caused by something too hot then it will be treated by something cold: views from other cultures also suggest definitions include more than biology, ex.
