Treating Depression with Chinese Medicine

Bob Flaws examines Chinese medical treatments for depression, connecting liver patterns to Western diagnoses and sharing practical clinical insights.

Bob Flaws
Bob Flaws

Course Overview

Please Note: This is an Audio Course.

 

In this one-hour lecture, Bob Flaws discusses the Chinese medical treatment of depression, including the relationship between the Western psychiatric disorder of depression and the Chinese medical pattern of liver depression. Bob also outlines all the causes of liver depression—both psychological and physiological—as well as all the disease mechanisms associated with liver depression. After reviewing the standard modern Chinese medical textbook treatment of emotional depression, Bob shares his observations about real patients in Western clinical practice.

Objectives

  • Students will learn the relationship between the Western diagnosis of depression and the Chinese medical pattern of liver depression

  • Students will learn the causes of liver depression, both psychological and physiological

  • Students will learn the disease mechanisms associated with liver depression

Outline

  • 0 hrs - 15 min

    A discussion of the Western diagnosis of depression and the Chinese medical pattern of liver depression

  • 15 min - 30 min

    The psychological and physiological causes of liver depression

  • 30 min - 45 min

    Liver depression and the disease mechanisms associated with it

  • 45 min - 1 hrs

    Real life clinic experiences with Western diagnosed depression patients

Teacher

Bob Flaws

Bob Flaws began his study of Chinese medicine in 1977, and has since become one of the best-known English-language teachers, authors and practitioners of Chinese medicine. A champion of both the paradigm and process of Chinese medicine, Bob has written, translated and/or published over 80 books and hundreds of articles on the subject.

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More Details
  • CPDs:

    Approved By: AACMA (1), ANTA (1), ATMS (1), Acupuncture NZ (1), Standard Certificate (1), NCCAOM (1)

  • Language: English

  • Course Type: Audio

  • Course Length: 1 h

  • Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

  • Access Period: Lifetime

$50.17