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Keywords:

article [2634]
OMT [3925]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3946]
psychiatry [21]

Abstract:

Since its origination in the late 19th century, osteopathic medicine has been most closely associated with general practice. The theory which informs osteopathic medical education and practice lends itself more to the comprehensive language of the generalist than the reductionistic language of the specialist and the subspecialist. At worst, osteopathic principles have been omitted from the literature of specialty care, and at best, have been poorly articulated. Psychiatry is no exception to this and because of the general proscription against touching patients, manual medicine has been ambivalentlyviewed by our specialty. This paper will attempt to explain how osteopathic theory in general, and manipulative treatment in specific, relate to the specialty of psychiatry. Since osteopathic principles are integrated throughout, rather than merely “added onto“ traditional medicine, this paper will argue they are equally applicable to specialty care as they are primary care.