- self-help, self-reliance
- treatment of the person, not only of the symptom
- the healthiest response to a number of frequent health problems
- increase in quality of life
- prevention of disease
- large, potentially huge cost to society
- a kind of therapy that is relatively inexpensive to the individual
- a kind of therapy that fits into the current Zeitgeist
- as a theoretical model: a unifying explanation for different areas in the field of health and illness.