2016, Pages 384–389
Abstract
Integrative
medicine provides an effective, affordable, and safe adjunct to
contemporary approaches to the maintenance of mental health and the
treatment of mental illness. Rather than relying on any single modality
or theoretical model, integrative mental healthcare (IMH) incorporates
allopathic, psychological and complementary and alternative approaches
tailored to each person’s particular needs. This requires an
interdisciplinary approach that empowers patients and provides them with
knowledge and specific skills intended to support their inherent
capacity for resilience.
Keywords
- Acupuncture;
- Alternative;
- Biopsychosociospiritual;
- CAM;
- Complementary;
- Integrative;
- Lifestyle;
- Massage;
- Mind–body;
- Music therapy;
- Natural products;
- Supplements
Vitae
James
Duffy, MD is currently clinical professor of psychiatry at the
University of California, San Francisco and a psychiatrist at the Kaiser
Permanente Medical Group in Oakland California. He obtained his medical
training at the University of Rhodesia, and completed residency
training at Brown University. He completed fellowships in
neuropsychiatry at Brown and Harvard. He is board certified in adult
psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, medical acupuncture, and integrative
medicine. He is an elected Fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric
Association and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
He has been a full professor of psychiatry at the University of
Connecticut, Cornell, and the University of Texas and clinical professor
of psychiatry at the University of Arizona.
Dr.
Lorenzo Cohen is the Richard E. Haynes Distinguished Professor in
Clinical Cancer Prevention and director of the Integrative Medicine
Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
and distinguished clinical professor, Fudan University Cancer Hospital,
Shanghai, China. Dr. Cohen leads a team conducting NIH-funded research
and delivering clinical care of integrative medicine practices such as
meditation, yoga, tai chi, massage, diet, exercise, acupuncture and
other strategies such as stress management, music therapy, emotional
writing and more aimed at reducing the negative aspects of cancer
treatment and improving quality of life and clinical outcomes. Ongoing
studies are examining lifestyle changes in the areas of diet/nutrition,
physical activity, and stress management/social network to change the
risk of developing cancer and influencing outcomes in those with cancer.
Alejandro
Chaoul is an assistant professor and director of education at the
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine
Program, where he conducts research using mind–body techniques with
cancer patients, holds group and individual meditation classes and
clinic for cancer patients and their support system, and directs the
education programs. He also holds a joint appointment in the Department
of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine at MD Anderson. In
addition he is an associate faculty member at the McGovern Center for
Humanities and Ethics, where he teaches medical students in the areas of
spirituality, complementary and integrative medicine, and end of life
care.
