Mood disorders and complementary and alternative medicine: a literature review

NA Qureshi, AM Al-Bedah - Neuropsychiatric disease and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Mood disorders are a major public health problem and are associated with considerable
burden of disease, suicides, physical comorbidities, high economic costs, and poor quality of …

Complementary and alternative therapies as add-on to pharmacotherapy for mood and anxiety disorders: a systematic review

AV Ravindran, TL da Silva - Journal of affective disorders, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Depressed and anxious patients often combine complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) therapies with conventional pharmacotherapy to self-treat symptoms. The …

[HTML][HTML] Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): considerations for the treatment of major depressive disorder

MP Freeman - The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2009 - psychiatrist.com
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has increased among patients
with psychiatric disorders, as it has in the general population, over recent decades …

Complementary and alternative medicine in major depressive disorder: the American Psychiatric Association Task Force report

MP Freeman, M Fava, J Lake, MH Trivedi… - The Journal of clinical …, 2010 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: To review selected complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments for
major depressive disorder (MDD). Participants: Authors of this report were invited …

Complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of major depressive disorder

R Nahas, O Sheikh - Canadian Family Physician, 2011 - cfp.ca
Objective To review the clinical evidence supporting complementary and alternative
medicine interventions for treating major depressive disorder. Quality of evidence PubMed …

The evidence base of complementary and alternative therapies in depression

AF Thachil, R Mohan, D Bhugra - Journal of affective disorders, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Depression is one of the leading indications for using Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (CAM). This paper reviews the evidence of efficacy of different types of …

Herbs and nutrients in the treatment of depression, anxiety, insomnia, migraine, and obesity

RP Brown, PL GERBARG - Journal of Psychiatric Practice®, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Although a multitude of pharmaceutical agents are available for the treatment of mood
disorders, anxiety and insomnia, many patients have difficulty tolerating the side effects, do …

Current research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the treatment of anxiety disorders: an evidence-based review

V Trkulja, H Barić - Anxiety Disorders: rethinking and understanding recent …, 2020 - Springer
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) encompasses a wide range of different
nonmainstream therapies that have been increasingly used for treatment or adjunctive …

Complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of bipolar disorder—a review of the evidence

C Andreescu, BH Mulsant, JE Emanuel - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2008 - Elsevier
A growing number of patients with mood disorders are using complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) interventions. In this paper, we review the published scientific evidence on …

A primer of complementary and alternative medicine and its relevance in the treatment of mental health problems

R Mamtani, A Cimino - Psychiatric Quarterly, 2002 - Springer
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread. Those with
psychiatric disorders are more likely to use CAM than those with other diseases. There are …