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- Hypnosis
- social interaction in which hypnotist suggests that certain thoughts, feelings, perceptions or behaviors will occur
- Holistic Medicine
- approach to medicine that considers not only physical health but emotional, spiritual and psychological well-being of the person
- Managed Care
- health-care that seeks to control costs by eliminating waste and unnecessary procedures and by providing economically sound treatment guidelines to hospitals and physicians
- Naturopathic Medicine
- system that aims to provide holistic health care by drawing from several traditional healing systems, including homeopathy, herbal remedies and traditional oriental medicine
- Collaborative Care
- cooperative form of health care in which physicians, psychologists and other health care providers join forces to improve patient care
- Hypochondriasis
- condition of experiencing abnormal anxiety over one's health, often including imaginary symptoms
- Attentional Focus
- how people monitor
- Adherence
- patients willingness to follow a prescribed regimen of treatment and success in actually doing so
- Evidence-based medicine
- approach to health care that promotes the collection and integration of the best research-based evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients
- Enkephalins
- neurotransmitters that regulate how much pain transmissions of slow fibers reach the brain
- Opoid Antagonist
- acts on specific receptors in spinal cord and brain to reduce either the intensity of pain messages or the brains responses to pain messages
- Integrative Medicine
- multi-disciplinary approach that involves traditional biomedical interventions as well as complementary and alternative medical practices that have been proven both safe and effective
- Guided Imagery
- procedure designed to promote changes in person's perceptions. Form of self-hypnosis
- Acupuncture
- technique used in traditional oriental medicine in which fine needles are inserted into the skin in order to relieve pain, treat addiction and illness and promote health
- Vitalism
- the concept of life force, popular in some varieties of CAM
- Delay Behaviors
- (BAITS) Behavioral ,Appraisal, Illness, Treatment and Scheduling
- CAM
- the use and practice of therapies or diagnostic techniques that fall outside traditional biomedicine
- Nociceptors
- specialized neuron that responds to painful stimuli
- Anectodal Evidence
- based on subjective opinions regarding diagnosis and treatment outcomes
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrom
- puzzling disorder characterized by headaches,infections of unkown origins, extreme tiredness and difficulties with concentration and memory
- Traditional Oriental Medicine
- ancient, integrated herb-and-acupuncture based system of healing founded on the priniciple that internal harmony is essential for good health