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Announcing a Series of 10 Short Books on Alternative and Integrative Mental Health Care
Integrative mental health care is a person-centered approach that emphasizes maintaining optimal health and wellness takes into account the symptoms, preferences and circumstances of each unique person uses the best available research evidence to develop an individualized treatment plan focuses … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Dementia and mild cognitive impairment, Depression, Foundations of Integrative Mental Healthcare, General, Insomnia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychosis, Schizophrenia, Substance Abuse
Tagged alternative medicine, books, herbals, holistic medicine, integrative medicine, mental health care, psychiatry
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Meditation and Mind-body Practices for ADHD: A Concise Review
Non-pharmacologic treatments of ADHD This is the 10th post in a series on complementary and alternative therapies for ADHD. This post comments on research highlights from studies on meditation and mind-body practices as treatments of ADHD. Previous posts briefly reviewed … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, alternative, attention deficit, complementary, hyperactivity, integrative, nonpharmacologic
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Effects of Dietary Modification on ADHD
Inconsistent findings on food colorings and positive findings on highly restrictive diets Many studies have investigated the effects of changes in diet on symptoms of ADHD. Research findings support that artificial food colorings do not contribute to ADHD however excluding … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, food colorings, modification, nutrition, restrictive diet
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Non-medication Treatments are Widely Used to Treat ADHD but Research Findings are Inconsistent
Many individuals diagnosed with ADHD use CAM therapies Many individuals diagnosed with ADHD use alternative therapies alone or together with stimulants or other prescription medications. Growing concerns about inappropriate prescribing or over-prescribing by physicians of stimulant medications and incomplete understanding … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, attention, attention deficit, complementary, hyperactivity, integrative, medicine
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Medications Used to Treat ADHD: A Short Review
Pharmacologic treatments of ADHD My previous post summarized the epidemiology, causes of ADHD. In this blog post, I review the efficacy and adverse effects of conventional pharmacologic treatments of ADHD. Subsequent posts will discuss the evidence for non-pharmacologic treatment strategies … Continue reading
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Concise Review
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Epidemiology, Causes and Diagnosis This is the first in a series of blog posts on ADHD. In it I concisely review the epidemiology, causes and diagnosis of this condition. Future blog posts will review the effectiveness and … Continue reading
Safety concerns over conventional pharmacologic treatments of ADHD
Stimulant medications, behavioral modification and psychosocial support are widely used conventional treatments of childhood ADHD in Western countries. Short-acting stimulants are the most frequently prescribed pharmacological treatments of ADHD however controlled release stimulants and the SSRI antidepressants are increasingly prescribed … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, alternative, complementary, medications, safety, stimulants
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Important considerations when thinking about how to treat your or your child’s symptoms of ADHD
You may have found this blog because you are searching for information on how to think about the various treatment choices for a child who has ADHD. Or perhaps you are struggling with ADHD yourself. Whichever your situation, the treatment … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult, alternative, childhood, complementary, considerations, effectiveness, holistic, integrative
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Integrative approaches to ADHD—toward a reasonable middle ground between medications and alternative therapies
The most effective and appropriate pharmacologic, behavioral and alternative treatments of ADHD depends on the particular symptoms that are being addressed, how severe they are, and each unique history in terms of how well or not they responded to previous … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, alternative, complementary, integrative, medications, treatments
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EEG biofeedback is beneficial for both hyperactivity and inattention
Research findings suggest that children diagnosed with ADHD have abnormal brain electrical activity that may result in symptoms of inattention or hyperactivity. EEG biofeedback—also called neurofeedback—is a specialized kind of biofeedback that uses computers and advanced brain wave analysis to … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, alternative, complementary, EEG biofeedback, hyperactivity, inattention, neurofeedback, treatment
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