Integrative Mental Health

CV of Dr. Lake

James Lake MD
1015 Cass St, Monterey, CA 93940
831-644-9125

Training, credentials and affiliations

• B.A. Slavic Languages and Literatures with translator's certificate in Russian, Stanford University 1978
• M.D. University of California, Irvine, 1992
• Residency in psychiatry, Stanford University Hospital, 1996
• Member, American Psychiatric Association, 1990-
• Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2000
• Staff psychiatrist, Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, 1998-2001
• Staff physician, Complementary Medicine Clinic, Stanford University Hospital, 1999-2000
• Chairperson, Committee on Complementary and Integrative Medicine, CHOMP, 1999-2001
• Editorial review board, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 2001-
• Editorial review board, Journal of Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 2000-
• Member, American Herbalist Guild, 2001-
• Consultant, Medical Advisory Board, Alternative Medicine Research Reports, 2001-
• Member, sub-committee on Omega-3 essential fatty acids, American Psychiatric Association Committee on Research on New Treatments, 2003-
• Member, American Academy of Pain Management, 1999-
• Member, International Society for Neuronal Regulation, 2000-
• Member, Society for the History of Medicine, 2003-
• Attended training workshops and symposia on functional medicine, herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qigong, guided imagery, others.

Representative Publications

• "Psychotropic Medications from Natural Products: A Review of Promising Research and Recommendations," Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, May, 2000, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 36-60.

• "The Future of Psychiatry: Emerging Paradigms and Integrative Approaches in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment," Frontier Perspectives, quarterly journal of the Center for Frontier Sciences, Temple University, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2000.

• "Implications of Alternative Therapies in Psychiatry for a Best-fit Model of Consciousness in Healing," Tucson IV: Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, April, 2000.

• "Herbal Medicines and Other Natural Products Used to Treat Psychiatric Symptoms: A Syllabus for Clinicians," October, 1998, revised and updated October, 1999.

• Chinese Medical Psychiatry: A Textbook and Clinical Manual Including Indications for Referral to Western Medical Services, Flaws, R., and Lake, J., 2001, Blue Poppy Press, Boulder, CO.

• "Qigong," ch 9 in Alternative and Complementary Therapies in Mental health: Innovation and Integration, Academic Press 2001.

• "Alternative therapies and integrative medicine," ch 4 in Handbook of Mind- body medicine for primary care, Sage Publications, 2002.

• "The integration of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western biomedicine with emphasis on the treatment of psychiatric disorders," Integrative Medicine Aug/Sept, 2004.

• "The Integrative Management of Depressed Mood," Integrative Medicine, June/July 2004.

• "Omega-3 essential fatty acids and psychiatry: an overview of current theory, research and clinical applications," Integrative Medicine Consult, Jan, 2002.

• "Omega-3 fatty acids and psychiatry: theory and practice," Psychiatric Times, Oct, 2002.

• Lake J. and Moss D "QEEG and EEG  biofeedback in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders: an authentic complementary therapy," Biofeedback 31(3), 2003.

• Review of "Non-specific medication side effects and the Nocebo phenomenon," by Barsky A et al JAMA, 287:5, 2002, in Alternative Medicine Research Report

• Review of "Psychological intervention in cancer patients: a randomized study," Baider et al, General Hosp Psychiatr 2001; 12;272-277, in Alternative Medicine Research Report, Mar 02.

• Lake J. and Benda Wm., "Complementary and Alternative Therapies in the management of depressed mood," website module in Disease-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, official website of the American College of Physicians, 2003.

Recent presentations

• The Integration of Chinese Medicine and Western Biomedicine; with emphasis on the management of psychiatric disorders, Northern California Psychiatric Society, (April) 2004 Annual Meeting.

• Integrative Management of Depressed Mood: Emerging Approaches, medical grand rounds, Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, 25 August, 2004.

• Omega-3 essential fatty acids in psychiatry: a review of the evidence, medical grand rounds, Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula,

• Evidence-based uses of natural products to treat psychiatric disorders, 2004 U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, San Diego

• Rational uses of alternative therapies in psychiatry: toward an integrative paradigm, medical grand rounds, Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula

• Integrative Mental Health Care: Foundations and Methods, presented to the faculty and fellows of the Program in Integrative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, October, 2004.

• Uses of non-conventional approaches in mental health care: research update, 2005 U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Las Vegas

• The Integrative assessment and treatment of cognitive impairment 2005 U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Las Vegas

• Consciousness and Medicine: A review of problems and recommendations for future research, Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ, April 2002

• Toward testable hypothesis of neurodynamic and quantum field mechanisms underlying anomalous conscious states, presented at Quantum Mind II, Tucson, AZ, April 2003

Terms of payment and insurance

My fees are competitive with those of local psychiatrists. Patients are seen on a fee-for-service basis only. At this time I do not accept private insurance, Medical, or Medicare. The patient is responsible for payment at the time of each session. At the end of each session a universal Healthcare Finance Administration (HCFA) billing form is provided to patient for use in making a claim to his or her medical insurance.

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