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Follow the links below to find information about the use of complementary and alternative therapies and medicines for mental health conditions and stress, and for diseases that can affect mental health.
Reviewed June 2009
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Complementary therapies
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SANE Australia
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Contents: What are complementary therapies? What types of complementary therapies are there, and how effective are they? How do I find out more?
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Jan 2009
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Breathing to reduce stress
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Better Health Channel
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Stress can be managed and reduced with proper breathing. Shallow breathing is a typical stress response. Hyperventilation can prolong anxiety and stress. Abdominal breathing techniques soothe the nervous system and encourage health benefits, such as reduced blood pressure.
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Dec 2008
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Controlling complementary medicine claims
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Australian Prescriber
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Despite the widespread and increasing use of complementary medicines, few of these products have been evaluated for efficacy or therapeutic equivalence.
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Dec 2008
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Huperzine A for vascular dementia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Vascular dementia (VaD) refers to cognitive impairment associated with cerebrovascular brain injury. It influences a patient's quality of life seriously. However, there is no definitive medical or surgical treatment for vascular dementia. Huperzine A is...
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Sep 2008
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Managing stress
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Novita Children's Services
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Information is provided about stress, what it is and what causes it. Lots of practical suggestions are also provided for constructively dealing with stress.
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Aug 2008
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Meditation
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Better Health Channel
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Meditation is the deliberate holding of one's attention on a subject, object or process. It may involve clearing the mind. Results can include feeling more 'alive', enhanced feelings of calm and heightened awareness. The regular practice of meditation offers many long-term health benefits, such as reduced stress and reduced blood pressure.
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Jul 2008
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Pharmacological interventions for clozapine-induced hypersalivation
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Clozapine is widely used for people with schizophrenia. Although agranulocytosis, weight gain, and cardiac problems are serious problems associated with its use, hypersalivation, sometimes of a gross and socially unacceptable quantity, is also common (30-80%).
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Jul 2008
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Stress - learning to relax
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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If you are feeling stressed, then you may be having trouble with sleeping and concentrating, and with being positive and hopeful. Your body may be trying to get you to recognise that it is feeling stressed by giving you headaches, making you feel sick, giving you indigestion, a fluttery feeling in the tummy, or any one of a number of other signs that are trying to show you that you need to relax. Here are some ideas to help you deal with stress.
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Jun 2008
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Natural therapies
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InfraPsych
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Often referred to as 'complementary' or 'alternative' medicine, natural therapy is a popular system of health care used separately to, or in conjunction with, conventional medicine.
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Jun 2008
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Menopause management
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The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
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Not all the symptoms experienced by women in midlife are the result of declining oestrogen levels. Herbal therapies may manage mood changes such as anxious thoughts and depressed feelings, as well as fatigue and low energy.
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Jun 2008
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Zhiling decoction for vascular dementia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Zhiling is a decoction of 15 Chinese herbs which is thought to contribute to dilating cerebral vessels and increasing cerebral blood flow, as well as reducing serum cholesterol. No randomised controlled trials of Zhiling decoction versus placebo were fo...
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May 2008
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Kinesiology
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Better Health Channel
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Kinesiology means 'the study of movement'. It describes a form of therapy that uses muscle monitoring (biofeedback) to look at what may be causing 'imbalances' in the body. Kinesiologists may treat a range of disorders including stress, muscular disorders, nervous disorders, allergies, nutritional deficiencies, emotional problems and learning and behavioural difficulties.
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Jan 2008
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Ayurvedic medicine for schizophrenia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Ayurvedic medicine, developed in India more than 3000 years ago, is one of the oldest medical systems known to man. It is a complete and holistic science of healthy balanced living which views each person as an individual, with a unique mind-body consti...
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Aug 2007
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Therapeutic touch for anxiety disorders
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Anxiety disorders are a common occurrence in the general population and have considerable impact on quality of life. This review aimed to assess the effectiveness of therapeutic touch on anxiety disorders. However no randomised controlled trials investi...
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May 2007
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Acupuncture for vascular dementia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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There is no evidence from randomized controlled trials to determine whether acupuncture provides any effect when treating people with vascular dementiaAcupuncture is used to treat vascular dementia, but because no randomised controlled trials of acupunc...
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Feb 2007
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Ginkgo biloba for cognitive impairment and dementia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Ginkgo biloba appears to be safe in use with no excess adverse effects compared with placebo. Many of the early trials used unsatisfactory methods, were small, and publication bias cannot be excluded. Overall, evidence that Ginkgo has predictable and cl...
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Feb 2007
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Alternatives to HRT
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Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
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Many women reaching menopause are unsure about whether or not to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This factsheet aims to provide women with information about possible alternatives to taking HRT, including lifestyle changes like nutrition, exercise and stress management as well as the use of phytoestrogens, natural progesterone, wild yam creams, herbal medicine, counselling and support.
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Jan 2007
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Yizhi capsule for vascular dementia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Vascular dementia (VD) is a syndrome or diagnosis that has different causes and clinical manifestations relating to several different vascular mechanisms and changes in the brain. It influences a patient's quality of life seriously. 'Yizhi capsule' is b...
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Dec 2006
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Drama therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Drama therapy is one of the creative therapies suggested to be of value as an adjunctive treatment for people with schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses. Randomised studies have been successfully conducted in this area but poor study reporting m...
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Nov 2006
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