Psychological Considerations to Use Alternative Therapies

Use of alternative therapies in patients submitted to anorectal manometry

BACKGROUND AND AIM Anorectal manometry is used in the evaluation of disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract: constipation, incontinence, anorectal pain. Most of these conditions are invalidating. Moreover, the patients do not benefit from a perfect therapy. Therefore many of them also use alternative therapies, but we still miss data on the use of alternative therapies in anorectal disord...

Alternative approaches to antifungal therapies.

The expansive use of immunosuppressive medications in fields such as transplantational medicine and oncology, the higher frequency of invasive procedures in an ageing population and the HIV/AIDS pandemic have increased the frequency of systemic fungal infections. At the same time, increased resistance of pathogenic fungi to classical antifungal agents has led to sustained research efforts targe...

Alternative therapies.

Authors Kamran Amwar, Nicholas S.Y. Jim, Kath Huckbody and Ian Hughes Distributor pharma-CAL-ogy, British Pharmacological Society, 16 Angel Gate, City Road, London, EC1V 2SG. United Kingdom. Tel: 44-(0)207417-0382. Fax: 44-(0)20-7417-0114. E-mail: [email protected]. Software type Macromedia Authorware Subject area Alternative Therapies/Clinical trials Intended audience 16 plus -Undergraduate Cost £...

Using evidence to improve Psychological Therapies Services

Psychological therapy services offer help to clients with many different sorts of mental health problems using a variety of therapies provided by a range of different professional groups and are supported by a large amount of research evidence. However, applying evidence-based practice in routine clinical settings presents particular challenges. This paper outlines some of the difficulties appl...

Improving access to psychological therapies in prisons.