Treatments for Depression: Complementary and Alternative Approaches

Alternative Treatments for Depression

 

· Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression (Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2008)

 

· Complementary medicines in psychiatry: Review of effectiveness and safety (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2006)

 

· Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Depression in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease (Psychosomatic Medicine, 2005)

 

· The drugging of postpartum depression: Clearing up misconceptions about chemical imbalances, antidepressant drugs and non-drug solutions (Citizens’ Commission on Human Rights)

 

Acupuncture

 

· Acupuncture: a promising treatment for depression during pregnancy (Journal of Affective Disorders, 2004)

 

Bright Light Therapy

 

· Beating the winter blues: Bright light therapy for seasonal and non-seasonal depression (Medications & More, Dec 2007)

 

Sleep

 

· The Controversy About What Constitutes Safe and Nurturant Infant Sleep Environments (JOGNN, 2006)

 

· Sleep and perinatal mood disorders: a critical review (Journal of Neuroscience & Psychiatry, 2005)

 

· Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to the Treatment of Insomnia (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2004)

 

Exercise

 

· Enhancing Women's Mood and Energy: A Research-based Program for Subthreshold Depression Using Light, Exercise, and Vitamins (Holistic Nursing Practice, 2005)

 

· Exercise for depression: It really does help—here’s how to get patients moving (Current Psychiatry Online, 2004)

· Physiological and Psychological Effects of Exercise: Interventions in HIV Disease (AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 2004)

 

· Exercise Treatment for Major Depression: Maintenance of Therapeutic Benefit at10 Months (Psychosomatic Medicine, 2000)

 

Herbs

 

· Herbal medicine: women's views, knowledge and interaction with doctors: a qualitative study (BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2006)

 

· Herbal medicine use during pregnancy in a group of Australian women (BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2006)

 

· Expertise about herbs and dietary supplements among diverse health professionals (BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2006)

 

· Dietary supplement use among health care professionals enrolled in an online curriculum on herbs and dietary supplements (BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2006)

 

· Acute treatment of moderate to severe depression with hypericum extract WS 5570 (St. John’s wort): Randomized controlled double-blind trial versus paroxetine (British Medical Journal, 2005)

 

Social Support

 

· Stress-buffering or stress-exacerbation? Social support and social undermining as moderators o the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms among married people (Personal Relationships, 2004)

 

Psychotherapy

 

· An exploratory mixed methods study of the acceptability and effectiveness of mindfulness -based cognitive therapy for patients with active depression and anxiety in primary care (BMC Psychiatry, 2006)

 

· Cognitive Therapy for Depression (American Family Physician, 2006)

 

· Neuroimaging and the functional neuroanatomy of psychotherapy (Psychological Medicine, 2005)

 

· A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of InterpersonalPsychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (Archives of General Psychiatry, 2004)

 

· Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to the Treatment of Insomnia (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2004)

 

· Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Depressed Adolescent-A Review and Clinical Guidelines (Primary Psychiatry, 2005)

 

· Interpersonal psychotherapy: principles and applications (World Psychiatry, 2004)

 

· Improvement in social-interpersonal functioning after cognitive therapy for recurrent depression (Psychological Medicine, 2004)