From Cellular Intelligence to Fusion: A Functional Endpoint in Occupational Trauma Recovery

Marian Mulligan*

Irish Institute of Naturopathic Medicine (Practitioner Training) CEO, Ireland
Mulligan M. From Cellular Intelligence to Fusion: A Functional Endpoint in Occupational Trauma Recovery. Asian Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 14(1), 1-2:2026.
Abstract

Occupational exposure to violence presents a persistent challenge for recovery frameworks in military, policing, emergency, medical, and custodial professions. Existing models frequently address psychological symptoms while under-examining the structural and regulatory conditions required for sustained recovery. This article proposes fusion as a functional endpoint in trauma resolution, arising from the restoration of cellular intelligence defined here as the organism’s inherent capacity for coherent load distribution, regulation, and adaptive response. The framework is informed by initial research undertaken in prison environments addressing violence, severe mental distress, suicide prevention, and homicide prevention, including parallel occupational health provision for staff. Central to the process is sustained observer–observed coherence, in which attention functions as a stabilizing parameter allowing otherwise invisible structural faults to become resolvable. Implications for occupational health policy and non-pharmacological intervention are discussed.