Integrative Psychiatry (Weil Integrative Medicine Library) - Hardcover

Monti MD, Daniel A.; Beitman MD, Bernard D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195388372 ISBN 13: 9780195388374

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Contemporary psychiatry is a field that is especially conducive to the principles of integrative medicine. With the exception of a few disorders, such as schizophrenia, most psychiatric disorders respond to interventions other than drugs. Patients who have not tolerated or not responded optimally to traditional treatments are also good candidates for integrative treatments. Additionally, herbals such as St. John's wort for the treatment of depression and ginkgo for the treatment of memory impairment in dementia have been found effective in traditional clinical trials. Patients' use of alternative and complementary therapies in psychiatry has created a need for physicians to become informed about these treatments, to advise patients on their efficacy, and to be able to make judgments on integrating these therapies into existing regimens, including discussions of such issues as potential drug-herb interactions.

In this volume in the Weil Integrative Medicine Library, the authors describe a rational and evidence-based approach to the integrative therapy of mental disorders integrating the principles of alternative and complementary therapies into the principles and practice of conventional psychiatry and psychology. The authors will examine what works and what doesn't, and offer practical guidelines for physicians to incorporate integrative medicine into their practice and to advise patients on reasonable and effective therapies. The text discusses areas of controversy and identifies areas of uncertainty where future research is needed. Chapters also cite the best available evidence for both the safety and the efficacy of all therapies discussed. The information is presented in accessible and easy-to-read formats, including clinical pearls and key points, with a second text color for highlighting key information.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel A. Monti is Executive and Medical Doctor at Myma Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Bernard D. Beitman is Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri School of
Medicine.

Review:

"The book provides a wide and...detailed review of a large variety of complementary treatment modalities for mental illness."--Doody's

"The book provides a wide and...detailed review of a large variety of complementary treatment modalities for mental illness."--Doody's

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0195388372
• ISBN 13: 9780195388374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512