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    Alternative Treatments of Insomnia: Safe, Effective and Affordable Approaches and How to Use Them
    Alternative Treatments of Insomnia: Safe, Effective and Affordable Approaches and How to Use Them
    Alternative Treatments of Insomnia: Safe, Effective and Affordable Approaches and How to Use Them
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    Alternative Treatments of Insomnia: Safe, Effective and Affordable Approaches and How to Use Them

    By James Lake, MD

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    Alternative Treatments of Insomnia: Safe, Effective and Affordable Approaches and How to Use Them,
    is filled with practical information about alternative treatments including:
    •herbals, vitamins and other natural supplements
    •whole body approaches
    •meditation and mind-body practices
    •light, sound and other established energy therapies
    •subtle energy therapies

    Alternative Treatments of Insomnia: Safe, Effective and Affordable Approaches and How to Use Them, will help you
    •Understand your sleep problem better
    •Take inventory of your symptoms
    •Learn about a variety of alternative treatments of insomnia
    •Develop a customized treatment plan that makes sense for you
    •Re-evaluate your treatment plan and make changes if your initial plan doesn’t work

    Treatment approaches are summarized in easy-to-read bullets so you can quickly find key information on a variety of treatment choices, including:
    •Name of treatment and category
    •How the treatment works
    •Dosages (for natural supplements) or frequency or duration of use to achieve beneficial effects (for whole body, mind-body or energy approaches)
    •Examples of safe and effective combinations with other treatments
    •Comments and warnings about adverse effects and particular treatment combinations that may be unsafe and should be avoided
    •Duration of treatment needed to achieve beneficial results

    “Dr. James Lake’s short book is the most concise, authoritative, and reliable manual that has appeared in recent years on the prevention and management of this widespread problem, using integrative, natural, non-drug methods. Highly recommended!”
    ~ Larry Dossey, MD
    Author: One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

    This book is part of a series. The other books in the series cover alternative and integrative treatments of the following mental health problems:
    •Alcohol and drug abuse
    •Anxiety
    •Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    •Bipolar disorder
    •Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
    •Depression
    •Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    •Schizophrenia

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Lake, MD
    Release dateJul 7, 2015
    ISBN9781311412294
    Alternative Treatments of Insomnia: Safe, Effective and Affordable Approaches and How to Use Them
    Author

    James Lake, MD

    Dr. Lake is a Board certified psychiatrist in private practice in Monterey, California. He has chaired symposia and workshops at APA meetings and other national and international conferences on non-conventional and integrative mental health care. Dr. Lake has served as a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Stanford, and is currently a visiting assistant professor of medicine at University of Arizona School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine. He founded and chaired the American Psychiatric Association’s Caucus on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Mental Health Care from 2004 through 2010 and was appointed to a special APA Task Force on CAM and integrative medicine. He is currently co-chair of the working group on integrative mental health in the Consortium on Academic Healthcare Centers in Integrative Medicine, and is a founding member and former chair of the International Network of Integrative Mental Health. Dr. Lake has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters on integrative medicine and psychiatry. He contributes a regular column on integrative mental health care to Psychiatric Times, and serves on the editorial review boards of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Journal of the Association for Advances in Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, and Jour of Clinical Psychiatry. Dr. Lake is the author or editor of four textbooks on integrative mental health: Chinese Medical Psychiatry: A Clinical Manual, (with Bob Flaws), Blue Poppy Press, 2000; Textbook of Integrative Mental Health Care, Thieme, 2006; and Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care (co-edited with David Spiegel), American Psychiatric Press, 2007; Integrative Mental Health Care: A Therapist’s Handbook, Norton, 2009; and a series of ebooks titled The Integrative Mental Health Solution. Long-standing interests include the role of culture in mental illness, the philosophy and history of medicine, and the role of consciousness and intentionality in healing.

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      Alternative Treatments of Insomnia - James Lake, MD

      Alternative Treatments of Insomnia

      Safe, effective and affordable approaches

      and how to use them

      James Lake, MD

      © 2015 James H. Lake

      All rights reserved. First published in 2015 under the title Insomnia: The Integrative Mental Health Solution, revised and re-published in 2019. This book contains material protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without express written permission from the author/publisher. Copyright protection of the cover image ‘the eye of the flower,’ by Nicole Asselborn, MD, is included under the above provisions.

      This book is dedicated to my best friend and soul mate, Nicole Asselborn, MD, with gratitude for invaluable advice on the right scope and ‘voice’ for this project, and for creating the lovely image on the cover.

      Contents

      Part I: Introduction

      What thisbook is about

      How to use this book

      Alternative and integrative medicine defined

      Integrative mental health care defined

      About Dr. Lake’s background and qualifications

      What to do if youhave severe insomnia

      Part II: Understanding and treating insomnia from a holistic point of view

      Understandinginsomnia

      Taking inventory

      Identifying treatments that make sense for you: evaluating the evidence

      Alternative treatments of insomnia

      Deciding on atreatment plan that isright for you

      Making changes along the way: re-evaluating your treatment plan and making it better

      Repeating thesteps until you find a treatment plan that worksfor you

      Summary of main points

      Going deeper

      Finding quality products and services on the internet

      Disclaimer

      The information provided in this book is intended to provide helpful information on the treatment of insomnia and does not constitute medical advice. The publisher and author are not responsible for any specific health needs that may require medical supervision and are not liable for any damages or negative consequences from any treatment, action or application to any person reading or using the information in this book. References to internet resources are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute endorsement of any websites or other sources. Readers should be aware that the websites listed in this book may change.

      Part I: Introduction

      What this book is about

      My chief goal in writing this book and the others in the series was to create a practical low-cost resource on safe and effective alternative treatments of mental health problems including herbals, vitamins and other natural supplements, mind-body approaches, and energy therapies.

      The subject of this book is insomnia. You will learn about a variety of safe and effective alternative treatments of insomnia. If you have chronic insomnia, you are taking a medication that isn’t helping, experiencing side effects, or you can’t afford to continue taking a medication that is working this book provides valuable information about a variety of alternative treatments of insomnia and practical strategies for how to use them.

      If you’ve had insomnia in the past and you are sleeping consistently better now this book will help you create a wellness plan that fits your lifestyle and your budget. By the time you finish reading you’ll be able to create an individualized care plan adapted to your needs, preferences and budget. Just as important, you will learn how to think about your mental health in a more holistic way.

      How to use this book

      This book was written to give you the maximum amount of information in the least amount of time. The last section of the book is a summary of the most important points. I’ve provided links to valuable internet resources to help you find quality brands of natural supplements and other alternative treatments, important safety information and professional help if you think you need it.

      If you are a mental healthcare professional this book provides concise, jargon-free summaries of scientifically validated alternative treatments you can use when advising clients about safe and effective alternative treatments of insomnia.

      Alternative and integrative medicine defined

      Alternative medicine—sometimes called ‘complementary and

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