Insomnia: The Integrative Mental Health Solution: Safe, affordable and effective non-medication treatments of insomnia

This book is offered as a practical resource on safe, effective and affordable treatments of insomnia from the perspective of integrative mental healthcare.

Integrative mental healthcare:
•is a person-centered approach to mental health care
•takes into account the needs and preferences of each unique person
•focuses on maintaining optimal health and treating symptoms not disorders
•uses both conventional mainstream approaches like medications and psychotherapy, and alternative therapies like herbal medicines and acupuncture
•is based on the best available medical evidence

If you have problems sleeping and you are taking a medication that isn’t helping, experiencing adverse effects, or you simply can’t afford to continue taking a medication that is working this book provides valuable information about non-medication alternatives that will help you sleep better such as herbals and other natural supplements, whole body approaches, meditation and mind-body practices, and energy therapies.

This book is written to give you the maximum amount of information in the least amount of time. From the contents you can instantly navigate to sections that will help you:
•Understand insomnia better
•Take inventory of your symptoms
•Identify treatments that make sense for you based on the evidence
•Learn about a range of specific non-medication and integrative approaches for treating insomnia
•Develop a customized treatment plan that is right for you
•Re-evaluate your treatment plan and make changes if your initial plan doesn’t work

If you’re sleeping well now but you’ve struggled with insomnia in the past this book will help you sleep better consistently. Most important this book will help you think about your mental health care in a more holistic way.