Clinical Efficacy Of Psychotherapy Inclusive Of Buddhist Psychology In Female Psychosomatic Medicine (2006 Takahisa Ushiroyama).pdf

International Congress Series 1287 (2006) 334–339

Clinical efficacy of psychotherapy inclusive of
Buddhist psychology in female
psychosomatic medicine
Takahisa Ushiroyama *
Department of Applied Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Division of Perinatal/Reproductive Medicine
and Endocrinology service, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan
Abstract. Human beings have been asking themselves about the meaning of life and the significance
of human life since ancient times. Medical care in cooperation with religion can save human’s mind
and body. Being burdened with a lot of social/cultural problems in the modern Japanese society,
climacteric women who consult a doctor for symptoms of plaint have been increasing.
One of the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama is bSeeing things as they really areQ (bNyojitsu-chikenQ
in Japanese). This means that seeing the reality as it is and is the way of thinking that bit is important
to embrace the reality and live positively, instead of trying to do everything as one wants to and
turning a blind eye to the Psychotherapy inclusive Buddhist psychology was performed in
16 climacteric women with undefined symptoms. Visual analog scale for subjective symptoms
decreased significantly after 2–6 months of treatment () from the baseline value
() ( p ). After