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An Integrated and Holistic Vision for the Psychology of Health

Salutogenesis through Self-realization

In view of spontaneous remissions in oncology and the placebo effect, it bears asking if incurable diseases exist and what the personality’s role in healing is. Since the 1970s, in health psychology, the idea of a close relationship between personality traits and health prevails, although it cannot yet be convincingly proven.

The doctoral dissertation analyzes the reasons for the stagnation of salutogenic research, whose core concepts are based on the interactive dualism of matter and spirit, and provides an holistic and integrative theory to clarify self-healing. The triadic concept of self-realization – supported by quantum theory of modern physics – opens a perspective. It explains how a modification of consciousness can be so powerful that it directly triggers atomic modifications in the body that go beyond medical feasibility.

In order to facilitate applied research in this field, the dissertation also provides a questionnaire regarding self-realization, which can be filled out by participants (in addition to any informative comments they may have) before and after a professional intervention.

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