Wilderness Therapy for Health and Wellness
Mental Health issues have been a paradigm in the human condition since the dawn of mankind. Throughout history there have been three general theories of the origins of mental illness: supernatural, somatogenic (physiological causes), or psychologically rooted. So treatments have relied on which etiology a culture practices. Today, in the United States, we correlate mental illness to physiological and psychological causes. A few forms of treatment include psychotherapy, hospitalization, medication, and alternative medicine. Because every human being is different, what works for one person may not work for another. Today I am comparing medication in treating mental health issues compared to an alternative treatment known as wilderness therapy. Medication to change hormone levels as well as channeling altered states of consciousness with drugs have been tools in human history for treating psychological conditions. According to th...