Workshop: 'Spiritual life with culture'

The workshop “Spiritual life with culture” co-organized by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU and the Resource Center, French School of General Psychology took place on July 23 and 24.

The main content of the conference revolved around the topic of the influence of culture on human mental life. Delegates introduced the latest research results of psychotherapy in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases based on the study of the influence of cultural factors on the formation of human psychology.

Nowadays, as society develops more and more, human social relationships expand more and more, the introduction and impact of foreign cultures become stronger and stronger, the spiritual life of human beings has more and more changes. Many different pathological variations have appeared, with different causes and symptoms, and diverse and complex manifestations. So how have cultural changes affected the emergence of human psychological diseases, and how can these research results be applied to the diagnosis, care, and treatment of patients? To answer the above question, the reports analyze in depth many specific issues such as: the relationship between family and culture in the approach to personal psychodrama; the changing states of human consciousness in the distinction from pathology; the ego and the spiritual world; the relationship between human health and urban development; art and the reflection of the human soul; analysis and diagnosis of some modern diseases...

Some other reports have mentioned many therapeutic practices that are still new in Vietnam but have been widely applied in developed countries such as: hypnosis techniques, therapeutic measures to relax the body and mind, traditional shaman practices, health care...

The workshop attracted the participation of many doctors and psychology experts from France and Vietnam.