Psychosis: The Integrative Mental Health Solution

Integrative mental healthcare:
•is a person-centered approach that emphasizes maintaining optimal health and wellness
•takes into account the symptoms, preferences and circumstances of each unique person
•focuses on treating symptoms not disorders
•uses conventional mainstream approaches like medications and psychotherapy, and complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies like herbal medicines and acupuncture
•uses the best available research evidence to develop an individualized treatment plan

Psychosis: The Integrative Mental Health Solution
is filled with practical information about safe, effective and affordable treatments including:
•herbals, vitamins and other natural supplements
•whole body approaches
•meditation and mind-body practices
•light, sound and other established energy therapies
•subtle energy therapies

Psychosis: The Integrative Mental Health Solution includes extensive hyperlinks within the text, and links to valuable internet resources to give you the maximum amount of information in the shortest amount of time.

Psychosis: The Integrative Mental Health Solution will help you
•Understand your symptoms of psychosis better
•Take inventory of your symptoms
•Learn about a variety of non-medication approaches for treating psychosis
•Develop a customized treatment plan that makes sense for you
•Re-evaluate your treatment plan and make changes if your initial plan doesn’t work

Treatment approaches are summarized in easy-to-read bullets so you can easily find key information on a variety of treatment choices, including:
•Name of treatment and category (biological, whole-body, mind-body and energetic)
•How the treatment works (comments on the mechanism of action where known)
•Dosages (for natural supplements) or frequency or duration of use to achieve beneficial effects (for whole body, mind-body or energy approaches)
•Examples of safe and effective combinations with other treatments
•Comments and warnings about adverse effects and particular treatment combinations that may be unsafe and should be avoided
•Duration of treatment needed to achieve beneficial results (where known)

Psychosis: The Integrative Mental Health Solution is part of a series on non-medication treatments of mental health problems. Other books cover the integrative management of the following mental health problems:
•Alcohol and drug abuse
•Anxiety
•Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
•Bipolar disorder
•Dementia and mild cognitive impairment
•Depression
•Insomnia
•Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

In addition to books on specific mental health problems, I’ve also written Your Mental Healthcare: The Integrative Solution, as a general introduction to important concepts and methods of integrative mental health care. I recommend this short volume to everyone who is just starting to learn about this exciting new field.