{"product_id":"complementary-and-alternative-treatments-in-mental-health-care-9781585622023","title":"Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eAnswering that call is the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eComplementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e, a concise, practical reference that reviews the many CAM approaches used in North America and Europe to treat—or self-treat—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—including herbals and other natural products, stress management, homeopathy, Ayurveda, and traditional Chinese medicine—that have not yet been fully examined or endorsed by the institutions of conventional biomedicine. This book:\u003cbr\u003e \t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e• 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.\u003cbr\u003e• 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, unresolved safety 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.\u003cbr\u003e• Closes with three appendixes and a subject and author index. \u003ci\u003eAppendix A\u003c\/i\u003e ranks evidence for the various treatment modalities by major psychiatric disorder and is cross-referenced with the material in Part II. \u003ci\u003eAppendix B\u003c\/i\u003e lists important Web sites, textbooks, professional associations, and other resources. \u003ci\u003eAppendix C\u003c\/i\u003e contains a glossary of key terms used in complementary and alternative medicine.  \u003c\/p\u003e \t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eWritten for both conventionally and nonconventionally trained mental health care professionals, \u003ci\u003eComplementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith relatively little in the way of printed material for comparative purposes, this book is seemingly unique and definitely informative. The chapters describing and explaining \"Non-conventional Biological Treatments\" and \"Spirituality, Mindfulness, and MindBody Practices: are the most educational, and the material was well balanced and fair in its assessment of the advantages and disadvantages regarding their use.[\u003ci\u003eComplementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Healthcare\u003c\/i\u003e] is an excellent beginning, as it does not talk down to those less familiar with these modalitities and enables providers to open a realistic dialogue with their patients.\u003c\/p\u003e * Doody's Book Review Service *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough all of these chapters provide the mainstream clinician with valuable information, they also contain some implicit values associated with Western psychology and psychiatry.\u003c\/p\u003e * PsycCRITIQUES *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book gives an expertly written and concise introduction to a rang of complementary and alternative treatments in mental health and may sever as a truly inspirational guide to anybody wishing to expand the boundaries of conventional psychiatric practice.\u003c\/p\u003e * The British Journal of Psychiatry *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt least, a book about many of the newest ideas in psychiatric treatment focused on detailed aspects with clinical guidelines on particular treatments in complementary and alternative medicine! Lake and Spiegel have found astute chapter authors committed to the understanding of treatments previously considered strange, exotic, or quackery.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Background Issues\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care: Overview and Significant Trends\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Patient Safety\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Integrative Approaches\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Review of the Evidence and Clinical Guidelines\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Western Herbal Medicines\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Nutritional Supplements\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Chinese Medical Treatments\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Homeopathy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Ayurvedic Treatments\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Nutrition\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Physical Activity, Exercise, and Mental Health\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Integrative Medicine Treatments for Depression in Women\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Mindfulness Training and Meditation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Religious Beliefs, Spirituality, and Intention\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Yoga\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. Qigong\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Supporting Evidence for Use of Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Glossary of Key Terms in Complementary and Alternative Medicine\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Useful Resources for Complementary and Alternative Medicine\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Psychiatric Association Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863460249943,"sku":"9781585622023","price":62.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781585622023.jpg?v=1759920665","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/complementary-and-alternative-treatments-in-mental-health-care-9781585622023","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}