Module 06: Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Therapies

Question 1

These are therapies used together with conventional treatment recommended by a person’s health care practitioner.

Answer 1

Complementary Therapy

Question 2

What’s another term for complementary therapies?

Answer 2

Integrative Health Care Programs

Question 3

What are some examples of complementary therapies?

Answer 3

(1) Therapeutic Touch
(2) Hypnotherapy
(3) Chiropractic Therapy
(4) Guided Imagery
(5) Breathwork

Question 4

These are non pharmacological therapies used in place of conventional therapies.

Answer 4

Alternative Therapies

Question 5

What are some examples of alternative therapies?

Answer 5

(1) Exercise
(2) Chiropractic
(3) Herbal Supplements

E.g. A person with chronic pain uses yoga to encourage flexibility and relaxation at the same time in which analgesics or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed.

Question 6

These are interventions done by licensed health care providers.

Answer 6

Integrative Therapies

Question 7

What does integrative therapies emphasize?

Answer 7

These emphasize the importance of the relationship between the practitioner and the patient.

Question 8

How would you describe integrative therapies?

Answer 8

“A way of being, knowing, doing that advances the health and well-being of persons, families, and communities through caring-healing relationships.”

Question 9

This type of complementary therapy refers to the use of natural products.

Answer 9

Biologically Based Therapies

Question 10

What are some examples of biologically based therapies?

Answer 10

(1) Orthomolecular medicine (megavitamin)
(2) Probiotics (live microorganisms)
(3) The “zone” dietary program

Question 11

These types of vitamins increase the intake of vitamin C.

Answer 11

Orthomolecular medicine (megavitamin)

Question 12

This type of complementary therapy refer to the manipulation of energy fields.

Answer 12

Energy Therapies

Question 13

What are some examples of energy therapies?

Answer 13

(1) Acupuncture
(2) Healing Touch
(3) Reiki Therapy
(4) Therapeutic Touch
(5) Magnet Therapy

Question 14

This type of therapy refers to the act of placing hands on or above the body area.

Answer 14

Reiki Therapy

Question 15

This type of complementary therapy refers to the involvement of body with focus on body structures and systems.

Answer 15

Manipulative and Body Based Methods

Question 16

What are some examples of Manipulative and Body Based Methods?

Answer 16

(1) Acupressure
(2) Chiropractic medicine
(3) Massage Therapy
(4) Simple touch

Question 17

This type of complementary therapy refers o the connections between thoughts and physiological functioning?

Answer 17

Mind-body Interventions

Question 18

What are some examples of Mind-Body Interventions?

Answer 18

(1) Music Therapy
(2) Tai Chi
(3) Yoga

Question 19

What are some movement therapies based on Eastern and Western approaches?

Answer 19

(1) Dance Therapy
(2) Feldenkrais methods
(3) Pilates

Question 20

This method pertains to the establishment of good self-image.

Answer 20

Feldenkrais method

Question 21

This type of complementary therapies refer to traditional Chinese medicine and native American traditional healing by asking spirits for direction.

Answer 21

Whole Medical Systems

Question 22

This pertains to how the mind modifies the biochemical functions of the major organ systems in response to feedback.

Answer 22

Stress response (thoughts and feelings cause the release of certain chemicals)

Question 23

This pertains to how the mind reduces generalized cognitive, physiological and behavioral arousal.

Answer 23

Relaxation Response

Question 24

This elongates muscle fibers and reduces the neural impulses sent to the brain thereby decreasing brain activity.

Answer 24

Relaxation

Question 25

These teach individuals ways to change their behavior to help alter physical responses to stress and improve symptoms such as muscle tension, GI discomfort and sleep deprivation.

Answer 25

Complementary Therapies

Question 26

These helps individuals to develop cognitive skills to reduce negative ways of thinking in which they respond to situations in their environment.

Answer 26

Relaxation Therapy

Question 27

This pertains to the ability to identify, differentiate and maintain attention.

Answer 27

Focusing

Question 28

This is the ability to accept and tolerate experiences that are uncertain and unfamiliar.

Answer 28

Receptivity

Question 29

This is the ability to stop unnecessary goal directed and analytic activity.

Answer 29

Passivity

Question 30

What is the long term goal of relaxation therapy?

Answer 30

People to continually monitor themselves for indicators of tension and consciously let go and release the tension contained in various body parts.

Question 31

This training teaches the individual how to effectively rest and reduce tension in the body. The person learns how to detect subtle localized muscle tension sequentially.

Answer 31

Progressive relaxation

Question 32

The goal of this is to still the mind intentionally without the need to tighten and relax any particular body part.

Answer 32

Passive relaxation (slow abdominal breathing exercises)

Question 33

Name the clinical application of relaxation therapy.

Answer 33

(1) Lowers BP, HR, Muscle tension, improve well being and reduce symptom distress. (2) Allows Individuals to exert control over their lives. (3) Reduced turnover and improved patient satisfaction scores

Question 34

This often leads to improved staff satisfaction, staff relationships, communication and workload perceptions.

Answer 34

Deep Breathing Exercises and Focusing

Question 35

Name the limitations of relaxation therapy.

Answer 35

(1) Continued intensification of symptoms or development of new symptoms

Question 36

Under limitations of relaxation therapy, This require moderate expenditure of energy which often increases fatigue and limits an individual's ability to complete relaxation practice and sessions.

Answer 36

Active Passive Relaxation

Question 37

This is an activity that limits stimulus by directing attention to a single or repetitive stimulus to the person is able to become aware of self.

Answer 37

Meditation

Question 38

What are some clinical application of breathing and meditation?

Answer 38

(1) Relaxing and stilling the mind (2) Reduces overall systolic and diastolic BP which minimizes hypertensive risks (3) Reduces relapses in alcohol treatment programs (4) Patients with cancer often experience depression, anxiety and distress (mindfulness-based cognitive therapies (5) Patients with PTSD benefits (6) Improves productivity, mood, increases sense of identity and lowers irritability

Question 39

The word meditari means what?

Answer 39

To pay attention

Question 40

What are the four (4) components of meditation?

Answer 40

(1) Quiet Space (2) Comfortable position (3) Receptive attitude (4) Focus attention

Question 41

This is a mind body therapy that uses the conscious mind to create mental images to stimulate physical changes in body, improved perceived well being, and or enhance self awareness.

Answer 41

Imagery or Visualization

Question 42

What are some limitations of meditation?

Answer 42

(1) Person who has a strong fear of losing control can perceive it as a form of mind control and thus will be resistant to the technique. (2) Patients will become hypertensive (3) Increases the effects of certain drugs

Question 43

What are the clinical applications of imagery?

Answer 43

(1) May provoke powerful psychophysiological responses, such as changes in GI secretions, body chemistry, blood flow, wound healing and heart rate. (2) Helps control or relieve pain, decrease nightmares and improve sleep. (3) Aids in chronic conditions such as asthma, sickle cell anemia and migraines

Question 44

What are some limitations of imagery?

Answer 44

(1) Increased anxiety and fear among PTSD patients and social anxiety patients (2) Patients with COPD and asthma may experience airway obstruction

Question 45

This is a mind body technique that uses instruments to teach self-regulation and voluntary self control over physiologic responses.

Answer 45

Biofeedback

Question 46

This regulates or realigns vital energy. It modifies response of the body to pain and how pain is processed by the central neural pathways and cerebral function.

Answer 46

Acupuncture

Question 47

This is the act of placing practitioners open palms either on or close to the body of a person.

Answer 47

Therapeutic touch

Question 48

This views health as life in balance which manifests as lustrous hair, a radiant complexion, engaged interactions, a body that functions without limitations and emotional balance.

Answer 48

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Question 49

This is a chemical compound or substance produced by a living organism and includes herbal medicines, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, essential oils and probiotics.

Answer 49

Natural product

Question 50

Stress response is a what?

Answer 50

An adaptive response

Question 50

Complementary therapies require:

Answer 50

(1) Involvement (2) Commitment

Question 51

This is done for a person who experiences chronic pain to encourage flexibility and relaxation at the same time in which analgesics or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed

Answer 51

Yoga

Question 52

This consist of one or more dietary ingredients including vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other botanical products

Answer 52

Dietary Supplements

Question 53

This pertains to a vegan diet

Answer 53

Macrobiotic Diet

Question 54

This pertains to fungi-based (mushrooms) products

Answer 54

Myotherapies

Question 55

This is a traditional Chinese method of producing analgesia or altering the function of a body system by inserting thin needles along the meridians as direct manipulation of energetic meridians influences deeper internal organs by redirecting qi.

Answer 55

Acupuncture

Question 56

This is biomedical therapy that directly utilizes gentle touch on or close to body in order to influence and support human energy system and bring balance to the whole body in all aspects, credentials of practitioners.

Answer 56

Healing Touch

Question 57

This is derived from ancient Buddhist rituals, practitioner places hand on or above a body area and transfers “universal life energy” providing strength, harmony, and balance to treat patient’s health disturbances

Answer 57

Reiki Therapy

Question 58

This is the direction of a practitioner’s balanced energies in an intentional manner towards those of a patient, hands of the practitioner lay on or close to the patient’s body

Answer 58

Therapeutic touch

Question 59

In this, magnets are applied to the body surface, producing a measurable magnetic field, it is used primarily to alleviate pain associated with musculoskeletal injuries or disorders

Answer 59

Magnet Therapy

Question 60

This is the application of digital pressure in a specified way on designated points on the body to relieve pain, produce algesia, or regulate body function

Answer 60

Acupressure

Question 61

This is known as the manipulation of spinal column and includes physiotherapy and diet therapy

Answer 61

Chiropractic Medicine

Question 62

This is the manipulation of soft tissues through stroking, rubbing, or kneading to increase, circulation, improve muscle tone, and provide relaxation

Answer 62

Massage Therapy

Question 63

This is the act of touching the patient in an appropriate and gentle way to make connection, display acceptance, and give appreciation

Answer 63

Simple Touch

Question 64

This is used to reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, and express their unspoken and frequently unconscious concerns about their disease

Answer 64

Art Therapy

Question 65

This is the act of providing person with visual or auditory information about autonomic physiological functions of the body like muscle tension, skin temperature, and brain wave activity through the use of instruments

Answer 65

Biofeedback

Question 66

This is the act of using a variety of breathing patterns to relax, invigorate, or open emotional channels

Answer 66

Breathwork

Question 67

This pertains to the act of concentrating on an image or a series of images to treat pathological conditions

Answer 67

Guided imagery

Question 68

This is a self-directed practice for relaxing the body and calming the mind using focused rhythmic breathing

Answer 68

Meditation

Question 69

This is used to to address physical, psychological, cognitive, and social needs of individuals with disabilities and illnesses, it improves physical movement and/o communication, develops emotional expression, evokes memories, and distracts people who are in pain

Answer 69

Music Therapy

Question 70

This is an incorporation of breath, movement, and meditation to cleanse, strengthen, and circulate vital life energy and blood, it stimulates the immune system, and maintain external and internal balance

Answer 70

Tai Chi

Question 71

This pertains to act of focusing on body musculature, posture, breathing mechanisms, and consciousness, it aims to achieve attainment of physical and mental well-being through mastery of body through exercise, holding of postures, proper breathing, and meditation

Answer 71

Yoga

Question 72

Their type of healing aims to create a balance between the patient and environment, thereby sustaining health

Answer 72

Latin American

Question 73

Their type of healing pertains to the act of asking spirits for their direction in bringing healing to people to promote wholeness and healing

Answer 73

Native American

Question 74

This pertains to therapeutics focused on treating the whole person and promoting health and well-being rather than an individual disease

Answer 74

Naturopathic Medicine

Question 75

This is a chemical compound or substance produced by a living organism, it includes herbal medicines/botanicals, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, myotherapies, essential oils, and probiotics. Most are sold over the counter as dietary supplements

Answer 75

Natural Product

Question 76

These are notapproved for use as drugs and are not regulated by FDA, companies are allowed to sell for as long as there are no health claims written on their labels

Answer 76

Herbal Medicines