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Parent topics

• Anthropology [r]: The holistic study of humankind; from the Greek words anthropos ("human") and logia ("study"). ^[e]
• Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. ^[e]
• Health Sciences [r]: The helping professions that use applied science to improve health and to treat disease. ^[e]
• Healing Arts [r]: The health sciences, forms of complementary and alternative medicine, and traditional practices aimed at curing disease, healing injury and promoting wellness. ^[e]
• Psychology [r]: The study of systemic properties of the brain and their relation to behaviour. ^[e]

Subtopics

This is a working list from the UK and NCCAM lists, and is a work in progress. Not all the disciplines here necessarily will appear in integrative medicine programs.

• Anthroposophy [r]: A holistic extension to conventional medicine, emphasizing the spiritual, and using art and movement, as well as herbal remedies, especially mistletoe ^[e]
• Art therapy [r]: The medical use of visual or tactile art, used in conjunction with psychotherapy to help express events that may be difficult to articulate, and with rehabilitative medicine to improve coordination and, when approriate, assist a client with artistic training to adapt techniques to physical limitations ^[e]
• Ayurveda [r]: A traditional Hindu system of medicine, part of complementary and alternative medicine, using mind-body interactions and herbs ^[e]
• Chiropractic [r]: A complementary, alternative health-care profession that aims to heal using manual therapies on the spine and extremities. ^[e]
• Cognitive behavioral therapy [r]: A psychotherapeutic technique based on assisting the patient to learn the interpretation of (cognitive structure of experiences that trigger behavior, and, if that behavior is maladaptive, to change the response to the experience ^[e]
• Counselling stress therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Crystal therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dance therapy [r]: The use of dance and other movement techniques to improve health, dealing with emotional or neurologic problems ^[e]
• Dietetics [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dowsing [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Emotional Freedom Techniques [r]: A psychotherapeutic tool developed by Gary Craig, aimed at solving emotional, health and performance issues. ^[e]
• Eye Motion Desensitization Reprocessing [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hypnosis [r]: A presumed altered state of consciousness in which the hypnotized individual is usually more susceptible to suggestion than in his or her normal state. ^[e]
• Iridology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Kinesiology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Massage [r]: Systematic, applied manipulation of body tissues with the hands to relieve pain and reduce swelling, relax muscles, and speed healing after strains and sprains. ^[e]
• Phytotherapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Meditation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Music therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Naturopathy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nursing [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nutritional medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radionics [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Reflexology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Shiatsu [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Spiritual therapies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Therapeutic touch [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Traditional Chinese medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Yoga [r]: Add brief definition or description