complementary treatments - Page 1

Research Update

PEA: A Natural Anti-Inflammatory for Mania?

February 1, 2024

Kate Travis, MD. Dr. Travis has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

After encouraging results in depression, the natural therapy palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) undergoes a randomized controlled trial in bipolar mania.

Expert Q&A

Integrative Therapies for Older Adults

July 11, 2023

Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS

Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS.

Professor of psychiatry; Director of the Integrative Psychiatry Program and of the Late-Life Mood, Stress, and Wellness Program and Post-COVID Clinic, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Lavretsky has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr. Lavretsky reviews the evidence behind acupuncture, aromatherapy, music therapy, supplements, and more.

Expert Q&A

Herbal Therapies for Depression

March 8, 2023

Scott Mendelson, MD, PhD

Scott Mendelson, MD, PhD.

Recently retired after 25 years of practicing inpatient and outpatient psychiatry in community and VA hospitals. He is the author of several psychiatric textbooks including Herbal Treatment of Major Depression (CRC Press, 2019) and Herbal Treatment of Anxiety (CRC Press, 2022).

Dr. Mendelson has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Scott Mendelson shows us how to use the top 3 herbal therapies for depression--namely, St. John’s wort, curcumin, and saffron.

CLINICAL UPDATE

Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Late Life Depression

October 1, 2022

Neha Jain, MD

Neha Jain, MD. Assistant professor of psychiatry; medical director, mood and anxiety disorders program; assistant program director, geriatric psychiatry fellowship program, University of Connecticut Health Center.

Dr. Jain, author of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

A review of the research on depression in older patients favors physical activity, SAMe, and art and music therapy.

CLINICAL UPDATE

A Diet for ADHD

September 25, 2022

Chris Aiken, MD and Uma Naidoo, MD

Chris Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Psychiatry Report.

Uma Naidoo, MD. Director of Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Director of Nutritional & Lifestyle Psychiatry, MGH Academy; Author, This Is Your Brain on Food (Little, Brown Spark; 2020).

The authors have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

After years of suggestive studies, the first randomized controlled to test a practical approach to diet in ADHD is out. Find out which foods to eat, and which to avoid.