The widespread use of nonconventional treatments, or complementary
and alternative medicine (CAM), and the increasing evidence
supporting their therapeutic benefits call for a concerted
scientific effort to integrate treatments that work into mainstream
medicines.
Answering that call is the groundbreaking "Complementary and
Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care," a concise, practical
reference that reviews the many CAM approaches used in North
America and Europe to treat& mdash;or self-treat&
mdash;mental health problems, and the history and rationale for a
variety of CAM treatments, including the risks and benefits of
their integration into mainstream mental health care. Two dozen
contributors with both conventional and nonconventional expertise
present current information about safe, effective mental health
treatments& mdash;including herbals and other natural products,
stress management, homeopathy, Ayurveda, and traditional Chinese
medicine& mdash;that have not yet been fully examined or
endorsed by the institutions of conventional biomedicine. This
book: Covers background issues, including conceptual and historical
foundations, emerging ideas and trends, safety issues, potential
drug interactions and adverse effects, and medical-legal issues
pertaining to use of nonconventional treatments in mental health
care. Reviews the evidence and offers practical clinical guidelines
for the most widely used nonconventional treatments. Twelve
chapters cover specific nonconventional modalities or alternative
professional systems of medicine currently used to treat mental
illness, addressing historical uses of the specified modality,
significant recent research findings, unresolvedsafety issues, and
evidence supporting use of the specified approach in common
psychiatric disorders, from major depressive and bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia, and generalized anxiety disorder to
obsessive-compulsive disorder, dementia, and sleep and substance
abuse disorders. Practical clinical applications of complementary
and alternative approaches are discussed throughout the book.
Closes with three appendixes and a subject and author index.
"Appendix A" ranks evidence for the various treatment modalities by
major psychiatric disorder and is cross-referenced with the
material in Part II. "Appendix B" lists important Web sites,
textbooks, professional associations, and other resources.
"Appendix C" contains a glossary of key terms used in complementary
and alternative medicine.
Written for both conventionally and nonconventionally trained
mental health care professionals, "Complementary and Alternative
Treatments in Mental Health Care" provides both an ideal reference
for clinicians whose patients inquire about the uses of many CAM
therapies and a critical, balanced review of the nonconventional
modalities most widely used in Western countries to treat mental or
emotional problems.
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