This just in from CAM and Psychiatry authority James Lake, M.D., affiliated with Stanford University School of Medicine: the APA (American Psychiatric Association) Caucus on CAM and integrative approaches in mental health care is up and running. The new Caucus (established May 2004) gathers together prominent psychiatrists exploring spirituality and mental health. Psychiatrists interested in participating in the Caucus should go to the new website at www.apacam.org . Below is the press release with more information. Thanks to James for a labor of love bringing these issues to the forefront. Together with other colleagues such as David Spiegel, M.D. also of Stanford University School of Medicine, James has been pioneering in helping to develop this area.
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Mental Healthcare and CAM
By Michael H. Cohen on
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Here’s a big secret: mental health care professionals already are practicing CAM under the guise of conventional medicine. Relaxation therapies, such as visualization and guided imagery, clinical hypnotherapy, and other modalities sometimes come under the label “mind-body.”
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