Quality of life and philosophy of life determines physical and mental health: Status over research findings from the Quality of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, 1991-2007

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1743-1751

  Ventegodt, Søren ^a,b,c,d,e   Kandel, Isack ^f   Merrick, Joav ^g,h  

^a QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^c Nordic School of Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^d Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine   (Norway)

^e Interuniversity College   (Austria)

^f ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holistic health and medicine; Quality of life; Research

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; REVIEW;

DENMARK; HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35848944445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.261     Document Type: Review

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75. Ventegodt, S. and Merrick, J. (2005) Clinical holistic medicine: Chronic infections and autoimmune diseases. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5, 155-164.
76. Ventegodt, S., Kandel, I., Neikrug, S., and Merrick, J. (2005) Clinical holistic medicine: Holistic treatment of rape and incest traumas. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5, 288-297.
77. Ventegodt, S., Morad, M., and Merrick, J. (2004) Clinical holistic medicine: Chronic pain in the locomotor system. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5,165-172.
78. Ventegodt, S. and Merrick, J (2005) Clinical holistic medicine: Chronic pain in internal organs. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5, 205-210.
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80. Ventegodt, S., Gringols, G., and Merrick, J. (2005) Clinical holistic medicine: Holistic rehabilitation. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5, 280-287.
81. Ventegodt, S., Andersen, N.J., Neikrug, S., Kandel, I., and Merrick, J (2005) Clinical holistic medicine: Mental disorders in a holistic perspective. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5, 313-323.
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85. Ventegodt, S., Clausen, B., and Merrick, J. (2006) Clinical holistic medicine: The case story of Anna: I. Long term effect of child sexual abuse and incest with a treatment approach. TSW Holistic Health & Medicine. 1, 1-12.
86. Ventegodt, S., Morad, M., and Merrick, J. (2006) Clinical holistic medicine: the case story of Anna. II. Patient diary as a tool in treatment. TSW Holistic Health & Medicine 1, 42-70.
87. Ventegodt, S., Morad, M., and Merrick, J. (2006) Clinical holistic medicine: The case story of Anna. III. Rehabilitation of philosophy of life during holistic existential therapy for childhood sexual abuse. TSW Holistic Health & Medicine, 1, 102-113.
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89. Ventegodt, S., Clausen, B., and Merrick, J. (2006) Clinical holistic medicine: Holistic sexology and acupressure through the vagina (Hippocratic pelvic massage). TSW Holistic Health & Medicine 1, 104-127.
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93. Ventegodt, S., Thegler, S., Andreasen, T, Struve, F., Enevoldsen, L., Bassaine, L., Torp, M., and Merrick J. (2007). Clinical holistic medicine (mindful, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy complemented with bodywork) improves quality of life, health, and ability by induction of Antonovsky-salutogenesis. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL.7, 317-323.
94. Ventegodt, S., Thegler, S., Andreasen, T., Struve, F., Enevoldsen, L., Bassaine, L., Torp, M., and Merrick, J. (2007). Clinical holistic medicine (mindful, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy complemented with bodywork) in the treatment of experienced physical illness and chronic pain. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL. 7, 310-316.
95. Ventegodt, S., Thegler, S., Andreasen, T., Struve, F., Enevoldsen, L., Bassaine, L., Torp, M., and Merrick, J. (2007) Clinical holistic medicine (mindful, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy complemented with bodywork) in the treatment of experienced mental illness. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 7, 306-309.
96. Ventegodt, S., Thegler, S., Andreasen, T., Struve, F., Enevoldsen, L., Bassaine, L., Torp, M., and Merrick, J. (2007). Self-reported low self-esteem. Intervention and follow-up in a clinical setting. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 7, 299-305.
97. Flensborg-Madsen, T., Ventegodt, S., and Merrick, J. (2005) Sense of coherence and physical health. A Review of previous findings. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5, 665-673.
98. Flensborg-Madsen, T., Ventegodt, S., and Merrick, J. (2005) Why is Antonovsky's sense of coherence not correlated to physical health? Analysing Antonovsky's 29-item sense of coherence scale (SOCS). TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 5, 767-776
99. Flensborg-Madsen, T., Ventegodt, S., and Merrick, J. (2006) Sense of coherence and health. The construction of an amendment to Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale (SOC II). TSW Holistic Health & Medicine 1, 169-175.
100. Flensborg-Madsen, T., Ventegodt, S., and Merrick, J. (2006) Sense of coherence and physical health. A crosssectional study using a new SOC scale (SOC II). TSW Holistic Health & Medicine 1, 236-247.
101. Flensborg-Madsen, T., Ventegodt, S., and Merrick, J. (2006) Sense of coherence and physical health. Testing Antonovsky's theory. TSW Holistic Health & Medicine 1, 248-255.
102. Flensborg-Madsen, T., Ventegodt, S., and Merrick, J. (2006) Sense of coherence and health. The emotional sense of coherence (SOC-E) was found to be the best-known predictor of physical health. TSW Holistic Health & Medicine 1, 183-193.
103. Hermansen TD, Ventegodt S, Rald E, Clausen B, Nielsen ML, Merrick J. (2006) Human development I: twenty fundamental problems of biology, medicine, and neuro-psychology related to biological information. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL. 6:747-59.
104. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Nielsen, M.L., Clausen, B., and Merrick, J.(2006) Human development II: we need an integrated theory for matter, life and consciousness to understand life and healing. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 6, 760-766.
105. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Rald, E., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Nielsen, M.L., Clausen, B., and Merrick, J. (2006).Human development III: bridging brain-mind and body-mind. introduction to "deep" (fractal, poly-ray) cosmology. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL. 6, 767-776.
106. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Nielsen, M.L., Clausen, B., and Merrick, J.(2006). Human development IV: the living cell has information-directed self-organisation. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL. 6, 1132-1138.
107. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Nielsen, M.L., Clausen, B., and Merrick, J. (2006) Human development V: biochemistry unable to explain the emergence of biological form (morphogenesis) and therefore a new principle as source of biological information is needed. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL. 6, 1359-1367.
108. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Nielsen, M., and Merrick, J. (2006). Human development VI: Supracellular morphogenesis. The origin of biological and cellular order. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 6, 1424-1433.
109. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Rald, E., Nielsen, M.L., and Merrick, J. (2006) Human development VII: A spiral fractal model of fine structure of physical energy could explain central aspects of biological information, biological organization and biological creativity. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 6, 1434-1440.
110. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Nielsen, M.L., and Merrick, J. (2006) Human development VIII: A theory of "deep" quantum chemistry and cell consciousness: Quantum chemistry controls genes and biochemistry to give cells and higher organisms consciousness and complex behavior. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 6, 1441-1453.
111. Ventegodt, S., Hermansen, T.D., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Rald, E., Nielsen, M.L., and Merrick J. (2006) Human development IX: A model of the wholeness of man, his consciousness and collective consciousness. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 6, 1454-1459.
112. Hermansen, T.D., Ventegodt, S., and Merrick, J. (2006). Human development X: Explanation of macroevolution - top-down evolution materializes consciousness. The origin of metamorphosis. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 6, 1656-1666.
113. Merrick, J. and Ventegodt, S. (2003) What is a good death? To use death as a mirror and find the quality in life. BMJ. Rapid Responses, 31 October.
114. Ventegodt, S. and Merrick, J., (2004) Medicine and the past. Lesson to learn about the pelvic examination and its sexually suppressive procedure. BMJ. Rapid Responses, 20 February http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/328/7437/0- g#50997
115. Ventegodt, S, Morad, M. and Merrick, J. (2004) If it doesn't work, stop it. Do something else! BMJ Rapid Responses, 26 April. http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/328/7446/1016-a-57718
116. Merrick, J., Morad, M., Kandel, I. and Ventegodt, S. (2004) Spiritual health, intellectual disability and health care. BMJ Rapid Response, 16 Juli. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/329/7458/123-67434
117. Ventegodt S, Morad M, Kandel I, Merrick J. (2004) Maternal smoking and quality of life more than thirty years later. BMJ Rapid Responses 30 Jul. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/329/7460/250-69316
118. Merrick, J., Morad, M., Kandel, I., and Ventegodt, S. (2004) Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in residential care centers for people with intellectual disability. BMJ Rapid Responses 23 July. http://bmj.bmjjournals. com/cgi/eletters/329/7459/204-68360
119. Merrick, J., Morad, M., Kandel, I., and Ventegodt, S. (2004) People with intellectual disability, health needs and policy. BMJ Rapid responses 20 August. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/329/7463/414-71560
120. Ventegodt, S., Vardi, G. and Merrick, J. (2005) Holistic adolescent sexology: How to counsel and treat young people to alleviate and prevent sexual problems. BMJ Rapid responses 15 Jan. http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/330/7483/107- 92872
121. Ventegodt, S., Flensborg-Madsen, T., and Merrick, J. (2004) Evidence based medicine in favor of biomedicine and it seems that holistic medicine has been forgotten? BMJ Rapid responses 11 Nov. http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/329/ 7473/987-85053
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