Chapter 29 Integrated Health Practices: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Chapter 29  Integrated Health Practices: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Progressive relaxation techniques, biofeedback, meditation, and cognitive-behavioral approaches have a well-documented theoretical basis with supporting scientific evidence. What is the theoretical clinical justification for this relationship categorized as mind-body medicine?

1. Targeted therapies can balance the equality of the mind with the body.
2. The mind has the ability to affect the body.
3. The body has the ability to positively and negatively affect the mind.
4. All of these scientific theories have been supported by high-level research.

ANS: B
Mind-body intervention is a growing scientific movement that has explored the mind’s ability to affect the body. Some mind-body interventions (e.g., behavioral-cognitive therapy), formerly categorized as CAM therapies, have been assimilated into conventional mainstream medicine. Other mind-body interventions still considered CAM include hypnosis, music, dance, art therapy, prayer, and mental healing.

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2. Herbal, orthomolecular, individual biologic therapies and special dietary treatments are encompassed in biologically based therapies. Which of the biologically based therapies listed below are classified as therapeutic nutrition?

1. The diets of Drs. Atkins, Pritikin, and Weil
2. Cartilage products from cattle, sheep, or sharks
3. Bee pollen
4. All of the options are correct.

ANS: A
The diets promoted by Drs. Atkins, Pritikin, and Weil, as well as veganism, vegetarianism, and raw food diets, are examples of therapeutic nutrition. Many biologic therapies are available that are not currently accepted by mainstream medicine, such as the use of cartilage products from cattle, sheep, or sharks for treatment of cancer and arthritis or the use of bee pollen to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

REF: Pages 1241-1242

3. Which of the manipulative therapies uses many different hands-on techniques aimed at helping the body heal itself through the manipulation of the soft body tissues?

1. Therapeutic touch manipulation
2. Massage manipulation

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c. Osteopathic manipulation d. Chiropractic manipulation

ANS: B
Methods that are based on the movement or manipulation of the body include chiropractic, osteopathy, and massage. Massage therapy is one of the oldest methods known in the practice of healthcare.

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4. Select the true statement that best differentiates biofields from electromagnetic fields.

1. Electromagnetic fields are generated from sources of earth energy, while biofields

   originate from animal or plant life.

2. The body produces biofields from body hormone secretions, while electromagnetic

   fields are produced from body electrolytes.

3. Biofields originate from within the body, while electromagnetic fields are from

   outside of the body.

4. Electromagnetic fields are produced within the body by nerve/muscle interactions

   (e.g., SA and AV node), while biofields are micronerve plexuses that distribute sensory perceptions.

ANS: C
Energy therapies have been categorized into two groups: biofield therapies (those that focus on fields believed to originate within the body) and electromagnetic fields (those that originate from other sources).

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5. Naturopathic medicine emphasizes health restoration as well as disease treatment based on the belief that disease is a manifestation of alterations in the body’s natural healing processes. What modalities from the list below are considered within the scope of naturopathic medicine?

1. Herbal medicine
2. Acupuncture
3. Therapeutic counseling
4. All of the options are correct.

ANS: D
Naturopathic physicians use multiple modalities, including clinical nutrition and diet; acupuncture; herbal medicine; homeopathy; spinal and soft tissue manipulation; physical therapies involving ultrasound, light, and electric currents; therapeutic counseling; and pharmacology.

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6. What therapy is guided by the principle that dysfunction of one part of the body often affects secondarily the function of other discrete, possibly indirectly connected body parts?
a. Ayurvedic medicine

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2. Mind-body medicine
3. Reiki therapy
4. Manual healing methods

ANS: D
Manual healing methods (e.g., massage, chiropractic, and osteopathic medicine) are based on the principle that dysfunction of a part of the body often affects secondarily the function of other discrete, possibly indirectly connected body parts. Theories have developed for correction of these secondary dysfunctions by realigning body parts or manipulating soft tissues.

REF: Pages 1242-1243