Edited by
Scott Shannon, McKee Center for Holistic Medicine, Loveland, Colorado, U.S.A.
Description
Scott Shannon is an MD, president elect of the American Holistic Medical Association, and considered a national expert on holistic psychiatry.
In this book he brings together a comprehensive overview of CAM treatments, with information on their effectiveness and safety for specific
patient populations and for use in treating specific disorders. Modalities covered include Acupuncture, Nutritional Medicine, Herbal
Medicine, Meditation, Biofeedback, Aromatherapy and others. Coverage also includes chapters on the best CAM modalities for treatment
of Anxiety and PTSD, Depression, ADD, and Addictions.
Each chapter will be in a similar template, beginning with a description of
the treatment, it's safety, compatibility with conventional treatments and/or contrindications, scientific documentation of it's efficacy,
discussion of which disorders it is best used for, and references.
Audience:
Psychotherapists in all forms of practice, treating all disorders and all patient populations.