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Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Psychologists : an Eessential Resource /

"The aim of this book is to provide psychologists with a convenient and comprehensive guide to the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), its domains and primary modalities, the ethics of integrating CAM into psychological practice, and a critical review of the quality of the cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnett, Jeffrey E. (Author)
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Mental illness > Treatment.
Mental illness > Alternative treatment.
Alternative medicine > Psychological aspects.
Mental Disorders > therapy
Complementary Therapies > methods
Complementary Therapies > psychology
Médecines parallèles > Aspect psychologique.
Maladies mentales > Médecines parallèles.
Maladies mentales > Traitement.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology
Mental illness > Treatment
Mental illness > Alternative treatment
Alternative Medizin
Energiemedizin
Körperzentrierte Psychotherapie
Psychologie
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"The aim of this book is to provide psychologists with a convenient and comprehensive guide to the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), its domains and primary modalities, the ethics of integrating CAM into psychological practice, and a critical review of the quality of the current evidence for each commonly used modality. CAM comprises a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not currently considered part of conventional medicine (P.M. Barnes, Powell-Griner, McFann, & Nahin, 2004). Defining CAM can be challenging because the field is broad and perpetually evolving; it includes diverse practices such as yoga, mindfulness meditation, acupuncture, and herbal therapies, as well as whole systems approaches such as traditional Chinese medicine. Furthermore, a distinction can be made between complementary medicine and alternative medicine. The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines complementary medicine as interventions used together with conventional treatment regimens, whereas alternative medicine consists of interventions that are used in place of conventional medical practice (NIH, 2011h)"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 336 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1433817500
9781433817502