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Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective
A reductionist view of mental health tends to give limited results. While some important benefits are still achieved, other key elements are left unaddressed. These gaps tend to wipe out the gains which were made by focusing on the dominant aspects of mental health that are promoted by a reductionis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35519659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.860560 |
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description | A reductionist view of mental health tends to give limited results. While some important benefits are still achieved, other key elements are left unaddressed. These gaps tend to wipe out the gains which were made by focusing on the dominant aspects of mental health that are promoted by a reductionist view. This paper explores such gaps by looking at those healing traditions which view health and wellness from a broader perspective. Through the live experience of such traditions the paper tries to illustrate how the deeper aspects of mental health are also relevant. The paper attempts to argue that diverse cultures have inbuilt repositories of existential wisdom which can help in promoting and maintaining positive mental health through a conceptual exploratory analysis. |
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spelling | pubmed-90621262022-05-04 Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective Shukla, Shashwat Front Psychol Psychology A reductionist view of mental health tends to give limited results. While some important benefits are still achieved, other key elements are left unaddressed. These gaps tend to wipe out the gains which were made by focusing on the dominant aspects of mental health that are promoted by a reductionist view. This paper explores such gaps by looking at those healing traditions which view health and wellness from a broader perspective. Through the live experience of such traditions the paper tries to illustrate how the deeper aspects of mental health are also relevant. The paper attempts to argue that diverse cultures have inbuilt repositories of existential wisdom which can help in promoting and maintaining positive mental health through a conceptual exploratory analysis. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9062126/ /pubmed/35519659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.860560 Text en Copyright © 2022 Shukla. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Shukla, Shashwat Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective |
title | Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective |
title_full | Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective |
title_fullStr | Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective |
title_short | Role of Cultural Resources in Mental Health: An Existential Perspective |
title_sort | role of cultural resources in mental health: an existential perspective |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35519659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.860560 |
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