Integrative Mental Health Care

How to Get to the Best Treatment Plan

James Lake, MD

Managing COVID-19 Anxiety Without Benzodiazepines

Are you looking for information on how to use virtual reality or games to manage stress and anxiety? Emerging findings show that both approaches can be helpful.

Managing COVID-19 Anxiety Without Benzodiazepines

Are you looking for an alternative to prescription drugs for COVID-19 anxiety? Relaxation, guided imagery, meditation, and yoga can help.

Kava and l-theanine for COVID-19 Anxiety

Are you struggling with anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic and looking for alternatives to benzodiazepines? Research shows that Kava and l-theanine are safe and effective.

Managing Anxiety During COVID-19

Are you struggling with anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic? Benzodiazepines have limited effectiveness and potentially serious safety risks.

Gardening and Mental Health: A Brief Overview

Are you thinking about gardening? Gardening enhances physical and mental well-being, lessens depressed mood and anxiety, and can help you deal with the stresses of COVID-19.

The ROSHI: An Innovative Approach to Brainwave Entrainment

Accumulating findings suggest that an innovative technology called ROSHI helps reduce the severity of many psychiatric and neurologic disorders.

Lifestyle Choices for Good Mental Health During COVID-19

Are the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic getting you depressed or anxious or causing insomnia? Simple day-to-day lifestyle choices can help.

Locus of Control and COVID-19

Are you searching for psychological tools to enhance resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic? Shifting to a more internal locus of control may be helpful.

Why You Shouldn't Turn to Natural Supplements to Fight COVID-19

There is no evidence that any supplement reduces the risk of infection or lessens symptoms.

Identifying Safe and Effective Supplements

Are you looking for reliable, up-to-date information on supplements for a medical or mental health problem? Many online resources provide expert information.

Enhancing Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

Interventions at the individual and community level may enhance resilience and lessen the damage.

How Climate Change Will Impact Mental Heath

Direct and gradual consequences will depend on complex socioeconomic and geographic factors.

Integrative Management of ADHD

Are you looking for information that will help you decide how to treat your (or a child's) ADHD? There are many choices and finding the right treatment poses many challenges.

Non-Drug Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Are you struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder and looking for information on non-drug alternatives? Emerging research findings suggest some supplements may be helpful.

The Impact of Air Pollution on Mental Health

Accumulating research on air pollution points to an increased risk of depression and other psychiatric disorders.

Epigenetic Influences on Addiction

Are you looking for information on the role of epigenetics in addiction? Accumulating research findings suggest that epigenetics plays an important role in substance abuse.

Epigenetic Influences on Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

The risk of developing schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may be significantly influenced by complex epigenetic factors.

Epigenetic Influences on Depressed Mood: A Concise Review

Chronic stress and poor nutrition may significantly increase the risk of developing depressed mood.

Herbal Treatments of Anxiety

Are you looking for information about herbal treatments of anxiety? Accumulating evidence reveals that many herbals are both safe and effective.

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Biofeedback for Alcohol Abuse

Preliminary findings on heart-rate variability (HRV) biofeedback for reducing alcohol craving are promising but more studies are needed.

St. John's Wort for Managing Nicotine and Alcohol Withdrawal

Are you looking for non-pharmacologic approaches for managing withdrawal from nicotine or alcohol? Some research findings suggest that St. John's wort is an effective approach.

Red Ginseng Reduces Hangover Severity After Heavy Drinking

Are you struggling with alcohol abuse and unable to stop drinking? Red Ginseng may significantly reduce the severity of hangover symptoms following heavy drinking.

Asian Medicine and Mental Health Care

Are you curious about the benefits of Chinese or Tibetan medicine, or Ayurveda for mental health? Research findings support beneficial effects.

N-acetylcysteine: A Promising Treatment of Many Disorders

Are you looking for information about N-acetylcysteine? Research findings support efficacy in helping depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, trichotillomania, and others.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mental Health Care

Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) will soon lead to clinical tools that will improve outcomes in medicine and mental health care.

Advances in Assessment of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Are you curious about new approaches for evaluating cognitive impairment or dementia? QEEG brain mapping and virtual reality testing environments are important innovations.

Antidepressant Side Effects and How to Manage Them

Are you having side effects to an antidepressant? Knowing about side effect risks and how to manage them if they occur can help.

How Collaborative Care Is Improving Mental Health Care

Are you curious about emerging models of health care? Collaborative care will provide more adequate and more cost-effective care for complex mental health problems.

Collaborative Care: A Promising New Model of Health Care

Are you disappointed with the current model of mental health care? Collaborative care models will improve the standards of both medical and mental health care.

Psychobiotics: An Emerging Concept in Mental Health Care

Are you curious about probiotics for mental health? Emerging research findings show benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, autism and Alzheimer's disease.

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