1. CAM 40% of health care approaches developed outside of mainstream Western, or conventional, medicine for specific conditions or overall well-being. Here is a 3 week course of all you need to know about CAM

2. Introduction Week 1  What is CAM?  Definitions  Homeostasis and Balance  Why is important to healthy living  Self-Empowerment  What is Optimal well-being  What is CAM?  Definitions  Homeostasis and Balance  Why is important to healthy living  Self-Empowerment  What is Optimal well-being

3. Week 1  The immune system  How it works  Ways to strength it Psychoneuroimmunology What is this  The immune system  How it works  Ways to strength it Psychoneuroimmunology What is this

4. Week 2  Alterative lifestyle  Lifestyle Factors and habits Stress management  Ways to manage  Exercise  Why you need to exercise  Kinds of exercise should be done  Alterative lifestyle  Lifestyle Factors and habits Stress management  Ways to manage  Exercise  Why you need to exercise  Kinds of exercise should be done

5. Week 2  Diet & Nutrition  What is a healthy diet  Types of diets  Nutritional therapies  Spirituality  How it relates to a healthy well being  Self Awareness  Diet & Nutrition  What is a healthy diet  Types of diets  Nutritional therapies  Spirituality  How it relates to a healthy well being  Self Awareness

6. Week 3  Vitamins  Herbal medicine & supplements  Why take them  Vitamins, Minerals, Fats, Enzymes  Minerals  How do we get them  Herbs  How to use them  Vitamins  Herbal medicine & supplements  Why take them  Vitamins, Minerals, Fats, Enzymes  Minerals  How do we get them  Herbs  How to use them

7. Week 3  Behavioral/Emotional/Mental Approaches  Psychotherapy  Meditation  Neuro-linguistic programming  Biofeedback  Cellular memory & neuro-cellular  Guided Imagery  Hypnotherapy  Behavioral/Emotional/Mental Approaches  Psychotherapy  Meditation  Neuro-linguistic programming  Biofeedback  Cellular memory & neuro-cellular  Guided Imagery  Hypnotherapy

8. Week 3  Eastern Medicines  Traditional Chinese Medicine: methods for assessing health  Meridian-based physiology  Meridian-based treatments   Eastern Medicines  Traditional Chinese Medicine: methods for assessing health  Meridian-based physiology  Meridian-based treatments 

9. Week 3  Acupuncture / Acupressure / Massage therapy  Reflexology / Iridology / Five- element  Ayurveda (3 doshas: vata, pitta and kapha)  Yoga  Tai Chi  Qi Gong  Acupuncture / Acupressure / Massage therapy  Reflexology / Iridology / Five- element  Ayurveda (3 doshas: vata, pitta and kapha)  Yoga  Tai Chi  Qi Gong

10. Ethical issues with CAM  Ethical issues with CAM  Value judgments are implicit in the term CAM itself. Deciding what should be categorized as a CAM therapy for each of your clients can be a huge issues.  The use of CAM practices are not widely available within conventional hospitals. The teaching of CAM practices are not generally taught within medical, nursing, or graduate schools so you have to fill in the blanks.  Ethical issues with CAM  Value judgments are implicit in the term CAM itself. Deciding what should be categorized as a CAM therapy for each of your clients can be a huge issues.  The use of CAM practices are not widely available within conventional hospitals. The teaching of CAM practices are not generally taught within medical, nursing, or graduate schools so you have to fill in the blanks.

11. Ethical issues with CAM  The amount of research funding for CAM practices are low and reimbursement for the practice is not provided by insurance companies

12. References  http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?rec ord_id=11182&page=174 http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?rec ord_id=11182&page=174 . (n.d.).. Retrieved August 4, 2014, from http://aladinrc.wrlc.org/bitstream/handle/1961/684 3/PSYC%20597- 003%20Alternative%20Medicine_Deborah%20N orris(11).pdf?sequence=1  http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?rec ord_id=11182&page=174 http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?rec ord_id=11182&page=174 . (n.d.).. Retrieved August 4, 2014, from http://aladinrc.wrlc.org/bitstream/handle/1961/684 3/PSYC%20597- 003%20Alternative%20Medicine_Deborah%20N orris(11).pdf?sequence=1