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Scott Shannon is an MD, president elect of the American Holistic Medical Association, and considered a national expert on holistic psychiatry. In this book he brings together a comprehensive overview of CAM treatments, with information on their effectiveness and safety for specific patient populations and for use in treating specific disorders. Modalities covered include Acupuncture, Nutritional Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Meditation, Biofeedback, Aromatherapy and others. Coverage also includes chapters on the best CAM modalities for treatment of Anxiety and PTSD, Depression, ADD, and Addictions. Each chapter will be in a similar template, beginning with a description of the treatment, it's safety, compatibility with conventional treatments and/or contrindications, scientific documentation of it's efficacy, discussion of which disorders it is best used for, and references. Key Features * Most comprehensive overview of rapidly expanding field * Includes chapters by 24 leading psychiatric/psychological experts in these fields * Documents and rates the research base in each area * Offers practical clinical approaches for four common mental health concernsdepression, anxiety, ADHD, and addictions * Areas not yet covered in professional training * Practices commonly employed by the public (40-50% of the American public use complementary or alternative approaches) * No previous book of this nature or scope.

Contributors. -- Preface. -- Part I: Overview -- S. Shannon, Introduction: The Emerging Paradigm. -- S. Shannon, Integration and Holism. -- Part II: Physical Modalities -- R.P. Lee, Cranial Osteopathy. -- R. D'Angelo, Aromatherapy. -- J. Settle, Diet and Essential Fatty Acids. -- J. Settle, Nutritional Supplements. -- Part III: Mind-Body Approaches -- D. Moss, Biofeedback. -- K. Lowenstein, Meditation and Self-Regulatory Techniques. -- J. Lake, Qigong. -- B. Sultanoff, Breath Work. -- Part IV: Spiritual Approaches -- J.R. Bonadonna, Therapeutic Touch. -- D. Benor, Spiritual Healing. -- E. Leskowitz, Medical Intuition. -- J. Wyker, Spiritual Psychotherapy. -- Part V: Modern Innovations -- W.M. Zangwill, J. Pearson, and P. Kosminsky, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). -- M. Fallon-Cyr and M. Fallon-Cyr, The Hakomi Method and Body-Centered Psychotherapies. -- M. Schupbach, Process Work. -- Part VI: Traditional Medical System -- H. Cass and J. Cott, Herbal Medicine. -- P. Bailey, Homeopathy. -- J. Motl, Acupuncture. -- J. Brooks, Ayurveda. -- Part VII: Other Approaches -- J.R. Graham-Pole, The Creative Arts: What Role Do They Play? -- B.A. Sultanoff, The Environment. -- J. Diamond, The Therapeutic Power of Music. -- Part VIII: Synthesis -- S. Shannon, Synthesis. -- Appendix. -- Index. -- Synthesis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

chapter 1. Introduction : the emerging paradigm / Scott Shannon -- chapter 2. Integration and holism / Scott Shannon -- chapter 3. Cranial osteopathy / R. Paul Lee -- chapter 4. Aromatherapy / Raphael d'Angelo -- chapter 5. Diet and essential fatty acids / Janet E. Settle -- chapter 6. Nutritional supplements / Janet E. Settle -- chapter 7. Biofeedback / Donald Moss -- chapter 8. Meditation and self-regulatory techniques / Keith G. Lowenstein -- chapter 9. Qigong / James Lake -- chapter 10. Breath work / Barry A. Sultanoff -- chapter 11. Therapeutic touch / J. Ramita Bonadonna -- chapter 12. Spiritual healing / Daniel J. Benor -- chapter 13. Medical intuition / Eric Leskowitz -- chapter 14. Spiritual psychotherapy / Jerry Wyker -- chapter 15. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) / William M. Zangwill, Jessica Pearson, Phyllis Kosminsky -- chapter 16. The Hakomi method and body-centered psychotherapies / Maureen Fallon-Cyr, and Mark Fallon-Cyr -- chapter 17. Process work / Max Schupbach -- chapter 18. Herbal medicine / Hyla Cass, and Jerry Cott -- chapter 19. Homeopathy / Philip Bailey -- chapter 20. Acupuncture / John M. Motl -- chapter 21. Ayurveda / Jim Brooks -- chapter 22. The creative arts : what role do they play? / John Graham-Pole -- chapter 23. The environment / Barry A. Sultanoff -- chapter 24. The therapeutic power of music / John Diamond -- chapter 25. Synthesis / Scott Shannon.

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