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29 - Complementary and alternative medicine approaches to the treatment of anxiety

from Section 4 - Treatment of anxiety: current status and controversial issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

By
Sapana R. Patel ,
Anthony J. Tranguch  and
Philip R. Muskin
Edited by
Helen Blair Simpson ,
Yuval Neria ,
Roberto Lewis-Fernández  and
Franklin Schneier
Helen Blair Simpson
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Yuval Neria
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Roberto Lewis-Fernández
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Franklin Schneier
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
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Summary

This chapter reviews the four general domains of Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for anxiety disorders. Mind-body interventions constitute a major portion of overall CAM use, with about 17% of adults. The CAM domain of biologically based practices for the treatment of anxiety disorders includes a wide range of dietary supplements such as botanicals, animal-derived extracts, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, proteins, and functional foods. Manipulative and body-based practices encompass several heterogeneous CAM interventions and therapies. These include massage therapy, reflexology, acupressure, and other practices. Energy medicine includes putative energies, which have defied measurement by reproducible methods. Clinicians should remain alert for reliable updates as new information becomes available on evidence based treatments. This can be done by searching databases such as Medline, the Cochrane Collaboration, and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) website for information on the latest research on each CAM modality.

Keywords

anxiety disorderscognitive restructuringcognitive-behavioral treatmentsself-monitoringrelaxationemotion dysregulationpsychoeducation
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Anxiety Disorders
Theory, Research and Clinical Perspectives
 , pp. 336 - 347
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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