Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Holistic Health

Holistic health is an approach to health and care that regards the person as an integrated whole, addressing physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions rather than isolated symptoms or single organ systems. It emphasizes the interdependence of these dimensions, the influence of lifestyle and envir…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 6× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 3070-3360 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Holistic health is an approach to health and care that regards the person as an integrated whole, addressing physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions rather than isolated symptoms or single organ systems. It emphasizes the interdependence of these dimensions, the influence of lifestyle and environment, the importance of prevention, and support for the body's intrinsic capacity to maintain and restore balance. In practice it draws on nutrition, physical activity, stress management, lifestyle modification, and, within integrative frameworks, complementary and traditional therapies, used alongside conventional care and the individual's own goals and values. The approach extends to clinical settings, where holistic models of nursing and chronic-disease care seek to attend to the whole patient, and to populations described as frail or vulnerable, for whom coordinated, person-centered support is especially relevant. The scholarship in this area reflects these themes, including holistic models of nursing practice, dietary and nutritional education across populations, spiritual and psychosomatic perspectives on well-being, the provision of spiritual health services during health crises, and care for chronic and frail patients in general practice. Within this context, holistic health is examined as a framework that integrates biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors to promote well-being, prevent illness, and guide care that responds to the full circumstances of the individual.

Research published in this journal

6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 6 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Complementary Medicine (ISSN 3070-3360).

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