Complementary and alternative treatments in mental health care
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : James Lake; David Spiegel
- ناشر : Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9781585622023
Description
Complementary and alternative treatments in mental health care : overview and significant trends / James Lake, David Spiegel -- Legal-regulatory, and ethical issues / Michael H. Cohen, Ronald Schouten -- Patient safety / Brian J. Ellinoy, James Lake, Christopher Hobbs -- Integrative approaches / James Lake -- Western herbal medicines / Roberta Lee, Pamela S. Yee, Grace Naing -- Nutritional supplements / Janet E. Settle -- Omega-3 essential fatty acids / James Lake -- Chinese medical treatments / Julia Thie -- Homeopathy / Iris R. Bell, Pamela A. Pappas -- Ayurvedic treatments / Sudha Prathikanti -- Nutrition / Melanie Hingle -- Physical activity, exercise, and mental health / Robert B. Lutz -- Integrative medicine treatments for depression in women / Priti Sinha, Marlene P. Freeman, Rebecca A. Hill -- Mindfulness training and meditation / Jeffrey D. Rediger, Lauren Summers -- Religious beliefs, spirituality, and intention / Andrew Freinkel, James Lake -- Yoga / Patricia L. Gerbarg, Richard P. Brown -- Qigong / Carolyn Coker Ross.
The widespread use of nonconventional treatments, or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) call for a concerted scientific effort to integrate treatments that work into mainstream medicines. This work reviews the many CAM approaches used in North America and Europe to treat mental health problems, and the history for various CAM treatments.
