This crucial volume provides a concise overview of the conceptual foundations and clinical
methods underlying the rapidly emerging subspecialty of integrative mental healthcare. It
discusses methods for guiding practitioners to individualized integrative strategies that
address unique symptoms and circumstances for each patient and includes practical clinical
techniques for developing interventions addressed at wellness prevention and
treatment.Included among the overview:Meeting the challenges of mental illness through
integrative mental health care.Evolving paradigms and their impact on mental health careModels
of consciousness: How they shape understandings of normal mental functioning and mental
illnessFoundations of methodology in integrative mental health careTreatment planning in
integrative mental health careThe future of mental health careA New Paradigm for Integrative
Mental Healthcare is relevant and timely for the increasing numbers of patients seeking
integrative and alternative care for depressed mood anxiety ADHD bipolar disorder
schizophrenia and other mental health problems such as fatigue and chronic pain. Patients are
crying out for a more integrative approach and this exemplary book provides the template for
achieving such a vision. -Jerome Sarris MHSc PhD NDFor most conventionally trained
clinicians the challenge is not does CAM work? but how do I integrate CAM into my clinical
practice? Lake's comprehensive approach answers this central question enabling the clinician
to plan truly integrative and effective care for the mind and body.-Leslie Korn PhD MPH
