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Volume 9,Issue 4

Open Access Short Review

Moral Injury: A Theme in Search of Definition

Received: 27 May 2024;  Published: 22 October 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2404062

Abstract

Moral injury refers to a complex psychological condition that is assumed to emerge following exposure to distressing events that challenge the moral values or ethical beliefs of individuals by direct commission, omission, observation, or betrayal by a trusted leader. Moral injury can be found across various occupational domains, such as military, healthcare, and law enforcement. Symptoms of moral injury can include guilt, a sense of moral disorientation, struggle with spiritual or ex [...]

Open Access Perspective

The Chinese Ear Shenmen Point and the French Cosmonaut Point: Same or Different?

Received: 18 August 2024;  Published: 22 October 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2404061

Abstract

The Shenmen Point is an auricular acupuncture point that is also known in France as the Cosmonaut Point. It is widely utilized therapeutically for its property of reducing stress. In some ways it is a controversial point. Differences of opinion exist regarding the most appropriate name of the point, who discovered it first, its location within the triangular fossa, its best method of detection, its best method of stimulation, its actions, its indications, its contraindications, its t [...]

Open Access Original Research

A Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention Pilot Study: Lessons Learned in Feasibility and Acceptability Among Healthcare Professionals Experiencing Burnout

Received: 21 April 2024;  Published: 18 October 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2404060

Abstract

We explored the feasibility of a virtual-reality delivered mindfulness training intervention on burnout symptoms among corporate employees and clinicians in the Intensive Care Unit and Palliative Care Unit (PCU). To develop the VR mindfulness intervention we leveraged the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behavior model (COM-B) as a guide for the design and implementation of the VR mindfulness training intervention. Using a pre-posttest within subjects design we assessed burnout s [...]

Open Access Review

Spirituality as an International Coping Method during Covid-19

Received: 20 January 2024;  Published: 15 October 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2404059

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought forth global challenges in socioeconomic, political, and public health dimensions. For many, spirituality was a powerful source of support during this pandemic experience. The current review provides an apt overview of spirituality as a coping method to mitigate the mental and emotional impact of global turmoil of Covid-19 within the context of Europe. Using select studies from Czechia, Italy, and Turkey which have low, middle, and high religiosity indexes respe [...]

Open Access Review

Case Reports of Patients Using Homeopathy in Which Complete Healing Was Observed: A Literature Review

Received: 20 June 2024;  Published: 12 October 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2404058

Abstract

To systematically review the literature for cases using homeopathy in which complete healing was observed. Scielo, Pubmed, CINAHL, and Embase databases were systematically screened for case reports and series of patients successfully cured by homeopathy between 1966 and August 2022. Language limitation was not used. Forty-nine articles, comprising 191 patients, [...]
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