DAVIDSON OPERATIONAL STRESS RECOVERY
  • Programs
    • The 4-Week Program
    • Couples Program
    • Women's Program
    • Follow up Program
    • Treatments: Modalities >
      • Complementary and Alternative Therapy
      • Biofeedback
      • EMDR
    • Families
    • Program Evaluation
  • The Team
  • What People Say
  • About
    • Admission Criteria
    • Venue
    • Speak with Program Graduate
    • Cancellation Policy
    • Return to Work
  • Resources
    • Videos
    • In the News
    • Newsletters
    • Press Release
    • Search the Site
    • Privacy Policy
  • Brochure
  • Contact
  • Blog

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for PTSD

  • Use of CAM is widespread for the management of mental health problems, including PTSD.
  • Broadly conceptualized, "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) refers to treatments not considered to be standard in the current practice of Western medicine
  • The more frequently studied complementary and alternative therapies are meditation, acupuncture, yoga, and biofeedback. Less studied therapies include animal-assisted therapy, mantram repetition, and music therapy. The former studies are being conducted in a variety of PTSD populations, including veterans, and they are being evaluated in combination with treatment as usual. We incorporate the following into our programs:
    • yoga
    • acupuncture
    • massage
    • biofeedback (HeartMath)
    • EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing)
    • feldenkrais
    • cryotherapy
    • ​reiki energy healing
    • sound therapy
    • music therapy
    • art therapy
    • ​sweat lodge ceremony
    • equine therapy
    • meditation / mindfulness
  • The study of psychobiotics (for example, gut microbiota) is a new field of medicine that is relevant to stress and related psychological disorders. Some researchers have suggested that preclinical and clinical studies of psychobiotics could inform treatment for stress-related conditions (Burnet and Cowen, 2013; Dinan et al., 2013). We incorporate a Nutrition class to emphasize the role of the microbiome in mental health. 

Services

Menu

Contact

Copyright © 2018
  • Programs
    • The 4-Week Program
    • Couples Program
    • Women's Program
    • Follow up Program
    • Treatments: Modalities >
      • Complementary and Alternative Therapy
      • Biofeedback
      • EMDR
    • Families
    • Program Evaluation
  • The Team
  • What People Say
  • About
    • Admission Criteria
    • Venue
    • Speak with Program Graduate
    • Cancellation Policy
    • Return to Work
  • Resources
    • Videos
    • In the News
    • Newsletters
    • Press Release
    • Search the Site
    • Privacy Policy
  • Brochure
  • Contact
  • Blog