Adding tai chi improves antidepressant drug therapy
During the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit Meeting, researchers at David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California,...
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CAM for major depressive therapy
The American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine reviewed the evidence and report their findings. Here are...
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CAM (not St John’s wort) to treat depression
Researchers at Goulds Naturopathica, in Hobart TAS, Australia, reviewed the evidence.
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Review of CAM for behavioral health
Evidence for CAM to treat depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been reviewed by researchers at Louisiana...
Review: CAM for fibromyalgia
Prof. Ernst and colleagues from the UK reviewed of the evidence
Should we add CAM to Rx treatments?
 Researchers from the University of Queensland, in Australia evaluated the evidence for adding nutritional and herbal medicines to antidepressants, mood...
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Treating ADHD with supplements
Researchers from the University of Canterbury, at Christchurch, New Zealand reviewed the evidence supporting the use of nutritional and herbal...
Augmentation therapy for resistant depression
When a second antidepressant drug is added to an existing antidepressant, it’s called “combination pharmacotherapy.” When a non-antidepressant agent is...
CAM to augment anti-depressant drug effects
A study published in the journal, eCAM, and summarized in an earlier post, reported a remission rate of 65% when...
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CAM for perinatal depression
Further research is needed, but Dr. Marlene Freeman from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas brings us...
The NCCAM view of CAM for fibromyalgia
The National Center for CAM (NCCAM) has summarized the state of the science.
Another review of CAM options for bipolar disorder
St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) and S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAMe) top the list, according to this review from the University of Pittsburgh...