Book description
Dr. Lake has made a significant contribution to integrative medicine
in this book by helping to weave the integral tapestry around the
complex issues of mental illness. In honor of his efforts to restore
healing and meaning to mental healthcare, I bow deeply. --From the
foreword by Larry Dossey, MD
Dr. James Lake once again illumines the path to future medicine in
this comprehensive, carefully researched, and intellectually engaging
exploration of clinical integration of complementary and conventional
therapies in mental health care. In a rigorous, dispassionate analysis
he both reveals the outer frontiers of medical possibility and
describes the professional boundaries necessary to reach such
frontiers in ways that are clinically responsible as well as ethically
unassailable. --Michael H. Cohen, JD, MBA, Assistant Clinical
Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Lake has written the defining textbook for evidence-based
integrative mental health care. He has comprehensively evaluated the
research support for both conventional and natural therapies and
redefined how we understand and treat mental health patients. His
careful flow charts help guide the clinician through the challenge of
assessment and differentiation to personalize therapies based on each
patient's unique needs. Clinicians will also find of immense value his
many tables, which summarize the evidence base for each intervention.
This is a tour-de-force that forever redefines mental health care.
--Joseph Pizzorno, ND, Founding President, Bastyr University
This text offers an evidence-based approach to incorporating
integrative psychiatry into practice that is pragmatic and useful, a
great addition to the field of integrative medicine. --Roberta Lee,
MD, Medical Director, Continuum Center for Health and Healing
Dr. Lake must be congratulated for this ground-breaking work on CAM
in psychiatry. It not only provides a conceptual framework for a
deeper understanding of disease of the mind-body-spirit, but also
gives evidence-based blueprints for where we are and where we could
go. A must read for mental health professionals interested in the
philosophy and practice of integrative psychiatry. --Richard P.
Brown, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychiatry,
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
This text is comprehensive and authoritative, well written and widely
referenced. It will, I hope, enlarge the way we think about mental
health and treat psychiatric disorders. --James S. Gordon, MD,
Founder and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine
This book provides a comprehensive review of integrative approaches
in mental health. Here the practitioner will find clear guidance in an
evidence-based manner. A wonderful contribution. --Wayne B. Jonas,
MD, Director Samueli Institute for Information Biology
This book is a tour de force in the emerging field of integrative
psychiatry. The author presents the material in each chapter in a
systematic, thoughtful, thorough, and practical manner. The text
itself is integrative in the way it discusses management issues that a
provider may encounter. As the number of patients who already include
- or wish to add - alternative methods in their overall treatment plan
continues to grow, this text provides an important comprehensive
resource for busy providers. Health care professionals from many
different disciplines who need a serious reference text on integrative
psychiatry and who wish to optimize options for their patients with
chronic psychiatric disorders will find this book indispensable.
--Iris R. Bell, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Family and
Community Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Medicine, and Public
Health, The University of Ariz
"Very well organized..easy to access. The
references are current and the index is excellent...a broad
introduction. The author also provides a refreshingly personalized
perspective on healthcare...an abundance of useful
information."--Doody's Book Reviews
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Hospital; Chairperson,
American Psychiatric Association Caucus on Complementary,
Alternative and Integrative Approaches in Mental Healthcare;
Board-certified Psychiatrist in Private Practice, Monterey, CA, USA
