Topics: Natural Medications

More than 38% of Americans use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) yearly, with 12.7% using so-called “natural products." More than a third of people over age 50 report use of supplements, yet only about half have discussed this with their doctors.

Topics: Natural Medications

With an ongoing desire for “natural” products, and disappointment with the cost and efficacy of current prescription medications, more patients have turned to supplements. As a psychiatrist, the more you know about these supplements, the better you can have a conversation about their known risks and benefits.

Topics: Natural Medications

Is acupuncture a useful alternative therapy for your patients? Perhaps. In 2007, the National Health Interview Survey noted that more than three million American adults were using acupuncture each year to ease chronic pain, a number that is likely to have risen in the past five years.

Topics: Natural Medications

Topics: Natural Medications

Drew Ramsey, PhD, author of “50 Shades of Kale,” discusses how diet is tied to mental health and offers tips on how to help your patients improve their diets and improve their minds.

Topics: Natural Medications

James Lake, MD, of the International Network of Integrative Mental Health, discusses details on integrative mental health care and how it is the best way to care for our patients.

Topics: Addiction

Patients often report alcohol use as a way to “self-medicate” mood symptoms. A new study demonstrates that this self-medication may serve as a precursor to the development or persistence of alcohol dependence, as defined by the DSM-IV.