This is the treatment of diseases of the mind by providing optimum nutrients, thus enhancing the "chemistry of the brain." It has been found to be very effective in the treatment of mental illness, even schizophrenia.
Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine was created in 1967.
Many psychiatric treatment centers also offer some sort of therapy. Usually, they do a combination of drugs and therapy.
I believe it is the kind of psychiatric therapy that uses the method of neuro linguestic programing.
Orthomolecular medicine can be of benefit to anyone for a wide range of illnesses and symptoms.
Deep sleep therapy was used to treat some psychiatric patients. Patients were given psychiatric drugs to induce prolonged sleep which rendered them unconscious for a period of a few days to weeks.
The type and duration of therapy sessions, the presenting problems or symptoms of the patient, the therapeutic interventions used, and the progress made by the patient are frequently documented in the patient record and are major billing factors for the Psychiatric therapy subsection.
The Genesis of Healing - 2007 Orthomolecular Medicine - 2.2 was released on: USA: 2008
The correct spelling is therapist (physical or psychiatric professional).
Shock treatment or Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is stilled used as a treatment for Bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions. It is not as widely used as it was in the past and it often used after other more traditional methods of therapy and medication are not successful.
In the United States, it is estimated that over 1.3 million people are admitted to hospitals for psychiatric therapy each year. These hospitalizations may vary in length and intensity depending on the individual's condition and treatment needs.
Orthomolecular medicine is the prevention and treatment of disease by administering nutritional supplements. The patient's state of health, external or environmental factors and quality of diet are taken into account.
Maria Haarmans has written: 'Client-therapist perceptions of helping in psychiatric occupational therapy' -- subject(s): Psychiatry, Occupational therapy, Therapist and patient