According to Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Integrative Medicine program at the University of Arizona, “The integrative approach is based on a physician/patient partnership within which conventional and alternative modalities are used to stimulate the body’s natural healing potential. It neither rejects conventional medicine nor uncritically accepts alternative practices.” Physicians who use ...

objective: in recent years, there has been a rising interest in cognitive behavioral research to explore the role of emotion regulation in the development and maintenance of mental disorders and resiliency against or recovery from them. particularly, different strategies people use to regulate their emotions may have more important role in emotional disorders including depression. the aim of th...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Integrative medicine is a relatively new field that seeks to combine conventional and nonconventional approaches to patient care. Many academic health centers have now established integrative medicine clinics, yet little is known about the clinicians who practice at them. We used a nationwide survey to characterize the backgrounds, clinical practices, and involvement i...

A shift is currently taking place in which explicit connections between content are being emphasized. Biology is not an isolated discipline, yet undergraduate courses frequently focus on discrete knowledge. Students often engage in rote learning, struggle with transforming and applying content. Integrative thinking occurs when students recognize connections to content. Written reflections provi...

Integrative Medicine • Vol. 14, No. 2 • April 2015 54 Sudak—Viewpoints Nancy Sudak, MD, is the executive director of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM). She recently left her unique holistic primary care practice in a community health center in Duluth, Minnesota, to support the growth of the Academy. She is on th...

BACKGROUND In Canada, many diverse models of integrative oncology care have emerged in response to the growing number of cancer patients who combine complementary therapies with their conventional medical treatments. The increasing interest in integrative oncology emphasizes the need to engage stakeholders and to work toward consensus on research priorities and a collaborative research agenda. ...

Throughout the trajectory of the cancer experience, children and adolescents will likely face pain and anxiety in a variety of circumstances. Integrative therapies may be used either alone or as an adjunct to standard analgesics. Children are often very receptive to integrative therapies such as music, art, guided imagery, massage, therapeutic play, distraction, and other modalities. The effect...

This News Report is a brief description of the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award received by William (Bill) L. Ogren from the Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research, at Champaign, Illinois, on Sep 10, 2011. It focuses mainly on the presentations by two of us (ARP and Gov), Christoph Benning (on behalf of Chris Somerville), David Krogmann and Jack Widholm, at this ceremony. It is enriched by the tes...

Methods A national survey of 1000 practicing ID physicians in the United States was conducted in 2010. We asked ID physicians to rate their degree of agreement with statements about IM modalities (“strongly agree”, “somewhat agree”, “somewhat disagree”, and “strongly disagree”). The statements were regarding IM modalities’ (1) usefulness, (2) placebo mechanism, (3) utility in alleviating sympto...

Methods Adult patients seeking their initial treatment for chronic pain at a BraveNet center were asked to participate in a prospective, observational survey. Patient-level data collection included longitudinal measures of pain, quality of life, and integrative medicine treatment utilization. Study sites provided estimates of typical charges and insurance reimbursement amounts (when appropriate...