Complementary and alternative treatments in mental health care.9781585622023 Complementary and alternative treatments in mental health care. Ed. by James Lake and David Spiegel. American Psychiatric Pub. 2007 478 pages $56.00 Paperback RC460 This reference reviews the history of and rationale for the many complementary and alternative treatments (CAM) used in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe and examines the risks and benefits of their integration into mainstream mental healthcare. Two dozen experts present current information on safe, effective treatments, such as herbals, stress management, homoeopathy homeopathy, homoeopathy the method of treating diseases by drugs that produce symptoms similar to those of the disease. — homeopathist, homoeopathist, homeopath, homoeopath, n. — homeopathic, homoeopathic, adj. , Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine Definition Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an ancient and still very vital holistic system of health and healing, based on the notion of harmony and balance, and employing the ideas of moderation and prevention. , that have not yet been fully examined or endorsed by the institutions of conventional biomedicine biomedicine /bio·med·i·cine/ (bi?o-med´i-sin) clinical medicine based on the principles of the natural sciences (biology, biochemistry, etc.).biomed´ical bi·o·med·i·cine n. 1. . ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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