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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Bipolar disorder: managing symptoms from an integrative perspective
Bipolar disorder in overview Approximately 1% of the adult population experiences persisting mood swings and fulfills criteria for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a heritable mental illness. First-degree relatives of Bipolar individuals are much more likely to … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, bipolar disorder, complementary, holistic, hypomania, integrative, mania, mood swings, non-medication, therapy, treatment
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): emerging strategies for prevention and treatment
Overview PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that occurs following direct or indirect exposure to trauma. In cases of direct exposure to trauma symptoms of PTSD develop after a potentially life-threatening situation such as a serious injury, physical assault or … Continue reading
Alcohol and drug abuse: using integrative approaches to manage your substance abuse problem
Overview Alcohol and nicotine are the most widely abused substances in all countries resulting in untold personal suffering and enormous economic and social costs. A significant percentage of smokers are also alcoholics and also use illegal drugs. Methamphetamine (‘speed’), cocaine … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol abuse, alternative, complementary, drug abuse, holistic, integrative, marijuana, methamphetamine, narcotics, substance abuse, treatment
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has enormous psychological and social consequences
Overview Approximately one third of the world’s population experiences chronic symptoms of inattention, distractibility, impulsivity or hyperactivity that meet requirements for a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADHD is the most common mental health problem among young children and may … Continue reading
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Psychosis: using integrative approaches to manage your symptoms
Psychosis has many complex causes Symptoms of psychosis may be temporary or chronic and moderate or severe in their intensity. Schizophrenia and other chronic psychotic disorders are characterized by so-called ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ symptoms. Positive symptoms include auditory hallucinations, paranoia … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, complementary, holistic, integrative, non-medication, psychosis, schizophrenia, treatment
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Generalized anxiety and panic attacks: the integrative mental health approach
Overview Generalized anxiety is a chronic condition characterized by both psychological or physical symptoms such as feelings of tension, excessive worrying, and heightened arousal that significantly interfere with work, going to school, being in a relationship or functioning in society … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, anxiety, complementary, generalized anxiety, holistic, integrative, panic, panic attacks, treatments
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Insomnia: How to get better sleep using integrative strategies
Understanding insomnia Sleep and wakefulness are regulated by many neurotransmitters including the brain’s principle inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA). Changing brain levels of GABA and other neurotransmitters are believed to be related to normal changes in sleep with healthy aging. … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, complementary, holistic, insomnia, integrative, non-medications, sleep problem, sleeplessness, treatments
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Taking control over depression: the integrative mental health approach
Depressed mood has many psychological and biological causes. Some people are born with genetic factors that significantly increase their risk of developing severe depressed mood. Known medical causes of depression include thyroid disease, heart problems and anemia. When an underlying … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, complementary, depressed mood, depression, holistic, integrative, non-medication, treatment
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Dementia and mild cognitive impairment: managing symptoms from an integrative perspective
Dementia and mild cognitive impairment—a brief review Dementia is a chronic condition characterized by severe persisting impairments of short-term and long-term memory and severe deficits in other areas of cognitive functioning such as abstract reasoning, language, impaired capacity to perform … Continue reading
Integrative treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Conventional pharmacological treatments of the depressive and manic phases of bipolar disorder have a mixed record of success. This is due both to high rates of treatment discontinuation and limited efficacy when treatment is adhered to. Furthermore, less severe symptoms … Continue reading