Editing Healing (section)

{{short description|Process of the restoration of health}}
{{other|Healing (disambiguation)}}
[[File:417 Tissue Repair.jpg|thumb|300px|Diagram featuring stages of tissue healing]]
With physical trauma or disease suffered by an organism, '''healing''' involves the repairing of damaged [[tissue (biology)|tissue(s)]], [[organ (anatomy)|organs]] and the [[biological system]] as a whole and resumption of (normal) functioning. Medicine includes the process by which the [[Cell (biology)|cells]] in the [[Human body|body]] regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or [[necrosis|necrotic]] area and replace it with new living tissue. The replacement can happen in two ways: by ''regeneration'' in which the necrotic cells are replaced by new cells that form "like" tissue as was originally there; or by ''repair'' in which injured tissue is replaced with [[scar|scar tissue]]. Most [[Organ (anatomy)|organs]] will heal using a mixture of both mechanisms.<ref>{{Citation |last=Paul |first=Willi |title=Chapter 1 - Tissue and organ regeneration: An introduction |date=2021-01-01 |work=Regenerated Organs |pages=3–9 |editor-last=Sharma |editor-first=Chandra P. |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128210857000014 |access-date=2024-04-03 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=978-0-12-821085-7 |last2=Sharma |first2=Chandra P.}}</ref>

Within [[surgery]], healing is more often referred to as recovery, and postoperative recovery has historically been viewed simply as restitution of function and readiness for discharge. More recently, it has been described as an energy‐requiring process to decrease physical symptoms, reach a level of emotional well‐being, regain functions, and re‐establish activities<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Allvin|first1=Renée|last2=Berg|first2=Katarina|last3=Idvall|first3=Ewa|last4=Nilsson|first4=Ulrica|date=March 2007|title=Postoperative recovery: a concept analysis|journal=Journal of Advanced Nursing|language=en|volume=57|issue=5|pages=552–558|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04156.x|pmid=17284272|issn=0309-2402}}</ref>

Healing is also referred to in the context of the grieving process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emotional and Psychological Trauma - HelpGuide.org |url=https://www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/coping-with-emotional-and-psychological-trauma.htm |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.helpguide.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

In [[psychiatry]] and [[psychology]], healing is the process by which [[neuroses]] and [[psychoses]] are resolved to the degree that the client is able to lead a normal or fulfilling existence without being overwhelmed by [[Psychopathology|psychopathological]] phenomena. This process may involve [[psychotherapy]], [[pharmaceutical]] treatment or [[alternative medicine|alternative]] approaches such as [[Holistic health|traditional spiritual healing]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}