Integrative Mental Health

Private Practice Goals

Evidence-based conventional and alternative treatments of adult psychiatric disorders

Goals

• Comprehensive evaluation and treatment of adult psychiatric disorders

• Working collaboratively with patients and other health-care providers to develop interdisciplinary treatment plans

• Combining evidence-based conventional, complementary and alternative approaches to optimize treatment outcomes

• Developing expert medical resources on complementary and alternative treatments in psychiatry for both health care professionals and patients

Services and Resources

• Comprehensive integrative medical-psychiatric evaluations and treatment-planning
  combining evidence-based conventional and alternative therapies

• Conventional psychopharmacological medication management
  where indicated in the context of a broader interdisciplinary treatment plan

• Consultations on safe evidence-based uses of natural products
  in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, including herbs, vitamins, other natural products and dietary factors in mental health

• Website for both healthcare practitioners and patients emphasizing clinical and research findings
  pertaining to evidence-based conventional and alternative therapies in mental health care (this resource is currently being developed as the companion website for my book, Textbook of Integrative Mental Health Care: Foundations and Clinical Methods, Thieme Medical Publishers
• Conventional long-term insight-oriented psychotherapy

• Cognitive-behavioral therapies
  for anxiety disorders including Obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and phobias

• Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis training
  when indicated for anxiety disorders, smoking cessation, chronic pain disorders, etc.

• Guided imagery
  for anxiety disorders, chronic pain disorders, etc.

• Consultations on patients in treatment elsewhere
  who have been unresponsive to conventional therapies

Future Services and Resources

• Knowledge-based software to facilitate decision-making
  in integrative mental health care (this project is directed to psychiatrists and other mental professionals and is based on the methodology and content of Textbook of Integrative Mental Health Care, and is being developed in conjunction with the Program in Medical Informatics, Stanford University Hospital, and a private software company)

• Virtual-Reality (VR)
  VR-based exposure therapy for treatment of anxiety disorders, eating disorders, ADHD, and others

• EEG biofeedback
  (emphasizing Alpha-Theta training) addressing anxiety disorders, ADHD, and certain cognitive disorders

• Alpha-Stim™
  for selected anxiety disorders, insomnia, and chronic pain disorders 

• Acupuncture
  where indicated for selected disorders including depression, anxiety, pain disorders, etc.

• Support Group
  on conscious living and conscious dying

• Web-based consultations
  following principals of integrative mental health care. Consultations will be individualized addressing the specific history and preferences of each patient.