Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health provides a comprehensive overview of complementary and alternative treatments for mental health, with information and research on their effectiveness for treating specific disorders. Twenty-two chapters document research and the current practice of using complementary and alternative therapies in treating a number of disorders, including depression, […]
Seven Weeks to Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition
Author: Joan Mathews Larson Year of Release: 1997 Read this book and you will embark on a groundbreaking seven-week journey that will change your life. You will learn how to break your addiction to alcohol and end your cravings–and do it under your own power. Here, step-by-step, is a proven, seven-week program developed by Dr. […]
Nutrition and Addiction
One of the little known fields that addresses nutrition and the treatment of diseases and disorders like addiction treatment is orthomolecular psychiatry. The theory behind orthomolecular psychiatry is that disorders, like addiction, are due to brain chemical deficiencies. There are even addiction treatment centers that base their programs on this premise. One such center, the […]
Passion Flower For Anxiety, Insomnia, and Withdrawal
Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) was used traditionally in the Americas and later in Europe as a calming herb for anxiety, insomnia, seizures, and hysteria. It is still used today to treat anxiety and insomnia. Scientists believe passionflower works by increasing levels of a chemical called gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain. GABA lowers the […]