What is alternative medicine?!


Question: What is alternative medicine.?
I'm going to a pyschologist that practices alternative medicine. Will this be similar to a regular psychologist.?Health Question & Answer


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Alternative Medicine is usually taken to be medicine that is based on natural products.....herbs, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, etc, and extracts or powders/liquids prepared from these. It also includes vitamin and mineral supplements and homeopathy. Pertaining to a Psychologist, this might also extend to hypnosis, counseling and other psychotherapy techniques. If your treatment is going to involve any psychotherapy, it might be a good idea to double check that the Psychologist is a member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy....
http://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/reason_f...
If they use alternative medicine in terms of herbs and other nutrients, you could also check that they have some kind of qualification in Nutrition or similar. I would just make some tactful inquiries to be sure, to be safe.

In a clinical setting, it is usually only Psychiatrists (ie. Medical Doctors) who have the jurisdiction to prescribe allopathic/conventional medicine in the field of Psychology/Psychiatry. Psychologists do not usually have any 'prescribing powers' [ http://www.positivenation.co.uk/issue109... ]

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