Monthly Archives: January 2018

What is Integrative Psychiatry? Integrative Psychiatry is the practice of combining standard psychiatry with Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Integrative psychiatry pairs psychopharmacology (medication management) and psychotherapy with alternative therapies such as meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda. An integrated psychiatric practice offers the best of two very effective and very different bodies of thought. How Can Integrative Psychiatry Be More Effective Than Classic Psychiatry? Standard psychiatry focuses primarily on illness or pathology with tools such as medication or psychotherapy. While scientifically validated treatments, both tend to focus on one dimension of a patient, with a goal to "fix" what is "broken."…Read More