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DISCLAIMER:
All practitioners, organizations, and experts appear in this
directory on the basis of their own expression of interest in
the field of alternative mental health. Each practitioner
has answered a questionnaire to determine his or her practices
and views. Please be aware that no attempt has been made
to verify the information provided or to ascertain
competence, professional credentials or business practices.
Listing in this directory does not constitute a recommendation
by AlternativeMentalHealth.com and no suggestion is made that
any specific practitioner listed can or will cure or prevent any
disease or mental disorder.
Anyone
consulting a practitioner on this list should approach such
consultation exactly as they would any other unknown
practitioner.
The
practitioners listed have completed our questionnaire
and stated they meet our criteria,
which is primarily no psychosurgery, no shock treatment, little
or no drugs, and no "talk therapy". The
possibility always exists they may refer a client to a doctor
who does not meet this criteria. If you are ever told you
should receive a form of treatment that you do not want, such as
shock treatment, talk therapy, or unnecessary drugs, remember
you always have the right to decline such treatment.
Organizations:
ARGENTINA:
Sociedad
Argentina de Medicina Orthomolecular
President: Alberto Dardanelli, MD
Casilla de Correo 165, Suc. 28
1428 Buenos Aires
Phone: (011 4703 4252)
Email: albert@cvtci.com.ar
Website: www.imoin.com.ar
AUSTRALIA
ACNEM
Australasian
College of Nutrition & Environmental Medicine
13 Hilton Street, Beaumaris,
Victoria 3193
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9589 6088
Fax: +61 3 9589 5158
Email: mail@acnem.org
Website: http://www.acnem.org
Orthomolecular doctors. Dedicated to teaching
nutritional and environmental medicine. Many of our
practitioners use nutritional medicine in treating psychiatric
and mental disorders.
Operate a free referral service for Australia and New Zealand
for doctors who use nutritional medicine to
treat psychiatric and mental disorders.
See http://www.acnem.org/opening_matrial/opening_page_with_contentes.htm
DSP
Australia
Disability Support Pensioners Australia, Inc.
National Office
P.O. Box 2092
Werribee, 3030 Victoria. Australia
Email: judiann@vic.net.au
Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dsp
Listed: December 2000
Client types: Depressed patients
" To empower those who are declared ' mentally ill '
with dignity, self esteem and a independent life-style of
respectability and accountability to broaden their own day to
day living of a high standard. "
Orthomolecular
Medical Association of Australia (OMMA)
Secretary: Ian Brighthope. M.D.
13 Hilton Street
Beaumaris, Victoria 3193
Phone: 03 9589 6088
Fax: 03 9589 5158
The Wannabee
Foundation
One College Land
Rose Bay 2029
Phone: 61 2 9327 7750
Mobile: 0438 446 499
Website: www.wannabee.org.au
Email: info@wannabee.org.au
The Wannabee
Foundation is a Non Profit organization committed to helping
children and to assist parents to manage the many challenges
facing families who live with young highly sensitive children.
Many highly
sensitive children may be diagnosed/misdiagnosed as having
Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactive
Disorder, Autism, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
The immune
system can be weakened by exposure to chemicals, stress,
anxiety, negative thoughts, highly refined foods and other
pollutants, and many children show an amazing recovery when
their immune system is strengthened and their brain is receiving
the right nutrients, their body is having plenty of exercise and
they have a strong sense of self esteem.
BELGIUM
Vlaams
Instituut Orthomoleculaire Wetenschappen
Contact: Walter Fache, PhD
Kerkstraat 101, Laarne, 9270
Fax: 0032-9-3661838
BRAZIL
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Ortomolecular (SBMO)
President: Guilherme Deucher, M.D.
Rua Itupava, 157, Curitiba 80060 PR
Phone: 041 264 8034
Fax: 041 262 4996
Email: OXYGEN@QUIM.IQ.USP.BR
CANADA
Alberta
New
Age Health
Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
Email: sssuntse_22@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.schizophrenia-orthomolecular.com/
Phone: (780) 799-2707
Mission: Involved in research and
treatment of Orthomolecular Medicine for
mental
Health.
Ontario
Canadian
Society for Orthomolecular Medicine (CSOM)
Secretary: Steven Carter &
International
Society for Orthomolecular Medicine
16 Florence Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M2N1E9
(416) 733-2117
Fax: (416) 733-2352
E-Mail: centre@orthomed.org
Web site: www.orthomed.org
Listed: March 2000
What type of
practitioner are you?
An organization for the promotion of orthomolecular ("correct
molecule" - nutrition) treatments in mental health and other fields
of medicine. Members include M.D.'s, naturopaths, etc.
What type of
treatments do you use? Promote
nutritional treatment
Do
you use psychiatric
diagnosis (such as "ADD" or "schizophrenia")? Up
to individual practitioner
Do you
prescribe or recommend psychiatric drugs? Up
to practitioners
Do you help
take patients off of psychiatric drugs if they wish to do so? Up
to practitioner
What type of
clients do you serve?
All mentally
disturbed patients
NISA/Northern
Initiative for Social Action
An Ontario-based social and occupational improvement organization for
mental health consumers.
Website:
www.nisa.on.ca
DENMARK
Dansk
Selskab for Orthomolekylaer Medicin
President: Clause Hancke
Lyngby Hovedgade 17, 2800 Lyngby
Phone: 45 88 09 00
Fax: 45 88 09 47
France
Association pour la Developpement de la Medecine
Orthomoleculaire (ADMO)
President: Dominique Rueff, M.D.
85 Avenue du Marechal Juin
Cannes 06400
GERMANY
Journal Fur
Othormolekulare Medizin
Publisher: Ralf Reglin
Sikestrabe 3
50999 Koln-Weiss
Phone/Fax: (02236) 96 39 03
ADD Organization
The following group promotes natural treatments for children labeled with Attention Deficit Disorder:
http://www.familycare-duesseldorf.de
ITALY
Associazione
Internationale di Medicina Ortomolecolare (AIMO)
President: Adolfo Panfili, M.D.
Via della Mendola, 68 - 00135 Rome-Italy
Phone: 39 06331.58.61
Fax: 39 06331.59.43
Email: panfili@aimo.it
Website: www.nice.it/AIMO
KOREA
Korean Society for
Orthomolecular Medicine (KSOM)
Sung Ho Park (Korea)
251-5 Chamsil-Dong, Songpagu "SUNG-IL" building 3rd Floor
Seoul, Korea 138-220
Phone: 02-416-0935
Fax: 02-414-0934
E-mail: ksom@ksom.co.kr
Vice President: John Joon-Suk Park (Canada)
E-Mail: jpark4@po-box.mcgill.ca
Listed: April 2000
For more information
on orthomolecular medicine see listing for International
Society for Orthomolecular Medicine under "Ontario"
MEXICO
SIAMO
Contact: Hector Solorzano del Rio, M.D., DSc
Apartado Postal No.2-41
44280 Guadalajara, Jal
Fax: 3 637 0030
NETHERLANDS
(Orthomolecular
Society of the Netherlands)
Maatschappij ter Bevordering van de
Orthomolecaire Geneeskunde (MBOG)
President: Gert Schuitemaker, MD
Anholtseweg 36
7081 CM Gendringen
Email: ortho@orthoeurope.com
SWITZERLAND
Swiss Society for Orthomolecular Medicine
Secretary: Alexandra Pavlovic, M.D.
Zurcherstrasse 146/148
8640 Rapperswil
Phone: 41 55 210 7045
Fax: 41 55 210 2481
UNITED
KINGDOM
Allergy
in Autism
8 Hollie Lucas Road
King's Heath
Birmingham
B13OQL
United Kingdom
Fax: +44(0)173333177
Website: http://www.autismmedical.com
Email: AiA@kessick.demon.co.uk
Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION)
President: Patrick Holford
Blades Court, Deodar Road
London SW15 2NU
Phone: 0181 877 9933
Mental
Health Project
34 Wadham Road
London SW15 2LR UK
Phone: 0044 (0)20 871 2949
Fax: 00 44 (0)20 874 5003
Email: patrick@patrickholford.com
Website: www.patrickholford.com
UNITED
STATES
Arizona
Alzheimer's
Prevention Foundation
Educates on healthy approaches to preventing
Alzheimer's
2420 N. Pantano Road
Tucson, AZ 85715
Telephone: (520) 749-8374
Fax: (520) 296-6640
Web: www.alzheimersprevention.org
Email: Info@alzheimersprevention.org
California
Autism
Research Institute
4182 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
Fax (619) 563-6840
Website: www.autism.com/ari
The Autism Research Institute (ARI), a non-profit organization,
was established in 1967. ARI is primarily devoted to
conducting research, and to disseminating the results of
research, on the causes of autism and on methods of preventing,
diagnosing and treating autism and other severe behavioral
disorders of childhood. We provide information based
on research to parents and professionals throughout the world.
Green Body and Mind
600 Kresge Cout
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831) 440-8686
help@greenbodyandmind.com
http://www.greenbodyandmind.com
We are a non-profit organization dedicated
to declaring Santa Cruz, CA a psychiatric
drug-free zone and reforming Santa Cruz's mental
health care systems from toxic and invasive to
non-toxic and humane.
We are solely dedicated to getting people off of
psychiatric medications and finding their way to
mental health via natural, orthomolecular
methods. This includes evidence-based
mind/body energy healing treatments such as CES,
EFT, HeartMath, Biofeedback, functional and
spiritual counseling and many others
Real
Solutions to Real Problems
An organization providing the truth about
ADD/ADHD and serving the educational needs of
our network and members.
http://www.real-solutions.info
Society
for Orthomolecular Health Medicine (OHM)
President: Richard Kunin, M.D.
2698 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94155
Phone: (415) 922-6462
Fax: (415) 346-4991
Louisiana
Information
on the diagnosis of ADHD
Main Number: (225) 343-ADHD
Second Number: (225) 267-KIDS
Email: Info@ADHD-Alarm.org
Website: www.adhd-alarm.org
Massachusetts
Freedom
Center
Northhampton MA
Box 623
Northampton, MA 01060
USA
Phone: (413) 582-9948
Email: info@freedom-center.org
Website: www.freedom-center.org
Client
types: All mental health conditions
Does not prescribe psych drugs and helps clients
off of psych drugs
Practice
includes peer support, advocacy and activism
group working against human rights abuse and for
holistic alternatives.
Treatments
are free weekly yoga classes, resource exchange
through weekly support groups.
We work from our experience reducing/going off
medication to help others find what works for
them.
Minnesota
Well
Mind Association of Minnesota
4003 Pillsbury Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55409
(612) 823-8249
Director: Louise Bouta
Website: http://www.wellmindminnesota.org
Email:
wellmindmn@earthlink.net
The Well Mind Association assists people looking for
alternatives to psychiatric treatment. Specializes in
education about the physical causes of severe mental symptoms.
New York
ADD
Action Group
P.O. Box 1440
Ansonia Station
New York, NY 10023
(212) 769-2457
http://www.addgroup.org
A
nonprofit organization that helps people find non-drug
alternative solutions for:
Attention Deficit
Disorder
Learning Differences
Autism
Michael
John Carley
GRASP
The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome
Partnership, Inc.
135 East 15th Street
New York, NY 10003
646.242.4003
Fax 212 529-9996
mjcarley@grasp.org
www.grasp.org
We
support non-drug approaches. We help
people through discussions of nutritional and
dietary improvements and by dealing with the
various problem having Asperger Syndrome (a mild
form of autism).
Elizabeth A.
Plante
Huxley Institute
1209 California Road
Eastchester, NY 10709
Phone: (914) 337-2252
Web site: www.schizophrenia.org
Listed: March 2000
What type of
practitioner are you? We
are an organization that refers practitioners of many disciplines who use
alternative mental health treatments.
What type of
treatments do you use? Homeopathy,
Nutritional therapy, allergy testing
Do
you use psychiatric
diagnosis (such as "ADD" or "schizophrenia")? Yes,
we believe they are diseases
Do you
prescribe or recommend psychiatric drugs? No
Do you help
take patients off of psychiatric drugs if they wish to do so? Yes
What type of
clients do you serve?
All mentally disturbed
clients
Depressed patients
Psychotic Patients (Includes those classified as "schizophrenic"
or "bipolar.")
Clients classified as "autistic".
Mentally retarded
Washington
Foundation for Excellence in Health Care
PO Box 279
317 West Meeker St., Suite E
Kent WA 98035
206 755 4206
Email: merrily@msn.com
Website: http://www.merrily.com
Well Mind
Association
4649 Sunnyside, Room 344
Seattle, WA 98103
This organization is an information source regarding practitioners and
methods of alternative mental health treatments such as allergy testing,
toxic metal testing, toxic conditions, nutrition, full physical exams,
etc.
(206) 547-6167
Email: wma@speakeasy.org
Website: www.speakeasy.org/~wma
Listed: March 2000
Wisconsin
NeuroScience,
Inc.
373 280th Street
Osceola, WI 54020
(715) 294 2144
Website: http://www.neruoscienceinc.com
Our specialty is
two-fold: the urinary assessment of brain chemicals, called
neurotransmitters, that serve as biomarkers for many mental health
conditions, including depression, anxiety, insomnia, ADHD, and many
others. This non-invasive test gives clinicians the ability to
measure biochemical imbalances that may be lending to their
problems.
Secondly, we have developed all natural, non-prescription formulas
that specifically target the imbalances unique to mental health
issues.
Our mission is to "Optimize human health through the nervous
system". We have provided relief for thousands of
individuals with a variety of mental health issues.
THE
INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF DRUG AWARENESS
www.drugawareness.org
A group of physicians, researchers, and concerned citizens
dedicated to educating others about the dangers posed by many
prescription drugs.
Experts
California
Dr. Fred Baughman, Jr., MD
1303 Hidden Mountain Drive
El Cajon, CA 92019
Phone: (619) 440-8236
Fax: (619) 442-1932
E-Mail: fred-alden@worldnet.att.net
Web Site: http://home.att.net/~fred-alden
Listed: April 2000
Specialty: Adult
and Pediatric Neurology, Medical and legal consultant, author of numerous
articles on the false diagnosis of ADD
Randy
Martin, OMD, PhD, QME, CCH, LAc
Doctor of Oriental Medicine
Certified Classical Homeopath
Nutrition - Herbs - Acupuncture
Women's Health - Pain Control - Pediatrics
12340 Santa Monica Blvd #132
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 979-6495 - Monday & Wednesday (11 AM
- 7:30 PM)
17000 Ventura Blvd. #220
Encino, CA 91316
(818) 905-6171 - Tuesday & Thursday (11 AM
- 7:30 PM)
http://www.optimalhealth4u.com
http://www.drrandymartin.com
drrandymartin@optimalhealth4u.com
John
L. Price, Ph. D.
100 Mountain Charlie Road
Scotts
Valley, CA 95066
(831) 461-0857
drjlp@earthlink.net
Professional
activities include (1) development of holistic
methods and environments for the treatment of
mental disordes and addictions, (2) design of
holistic mental health care programs and
services, (3) psychospiritual counselling for
wellness and personal growth and (4) planning
and design of holistic health facilities,
communities and retreats. Certified
Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist,
Crisis Resolution Team Coordinator, fully
healed and happy ex-client, and director of
EcoSpirit Institute, a public benefit
corporation promoting mental, environmental,
and spiritual health.
Consultation
and Education of Individuals, Families,
Groups, Facility Residents and Staff for
Holistic Mental Health Care for Attainment of
Optimal Physical, Nutritional, Emotional,
Mental, Spiritual, Relational, Social,
Occupational, and Environmental Health; Design
of Healing Environments (Home, Office,
Facilities, Recreational, Natural).
Connecticut
Broda Barnes,
M.D. Research Foundation, Inc.
P. O. Box 98
Trumbull, CT 06611
(203) 261-2101
Director: Patricia Puglio
Website: www.brodabarnes.org
A non-profit organization that educates on the importance of balancing the
body's hormones and how to do it. Hormones have a dramatic effect on
emotional states. Experts on hypothyroidism and how to detect
and treat it. They estimate 40% or more of the population may suffer
from hypothyroidism, an ailment that can cause severe mental problems of
all kinds including depression and, at times, psychosis.
Colorado
Herb
Research Foundation
1007 Pearl Street Suite 200
Boulder Colorado 80302 USA
(303) 449-2265
(303) 449-7849
Email: info@herbs.org
Website: www.herbs.org
Florida
Howard Peiper
Safe Goods Publishing
P.O. Box 968
Mokomis, Florida 34274
(941) 483-4518
Fax: (941) 484-5941
Email: safes@webtv.net
Website: www.safegoodspub.com
What type of
practitioner are you? Naturopath
What type of
clients do you serve?Note: Dr. Peiper has authored two books about "A.D.D":
A.D.D.: the Natural Approach and The
A.D.D. and A.D.H.D.
Diet.
Maryland
Jerry
Cott,
Ph.D.
PsychoFarmacology Consulting Services
9002 Acredale Ct.
College Park, MD 20740-4001
(301) 935-5343
Fax: (202) 746-9693
Email: alkaloid@jerrycott.com
Website: http://www.jerrycott.com
Former
Chief of the Psychopharmacology Research Program at the National Institute
of Mental Health from 1991 until June 2000, Dr. Cott's present interest is
in the integration of mainstream psychiatry with nutritional and botanical
interventions for the treatment of severe and chronic mental disorders.
Facilities:
CANADA
Flaman-Morris
Home
Box 59
Lebret, Saskatchewan
CANADA
306 332-3003
Email:
Flamais@sk.sympatico.ca
Contact: Sister Theresa Feist
This is a holistic healing center with 12
beds. Will take some mental health
cases.
Fees in 2007 were $75 per day.
GERMANY
NaturaMed
Vitalclinic GmbH
Badstrasse 31C
D-88339 Bad Waldseet
Phone: 0049-7524-990-222
Fax: 0049-7524-990-233
Email: info@naturamed.de
Internet: www.naturamed. de
Vier Jahreszeiten am Schluchtsee
Am Reisenbuhl
D-79859 Schluchsee
Tel: 0049-07656-70-0
Fax: 0049-07656-70-323
E-Mail: info@vjz.de
Internet: www.vjz.de
They
use ayurvedic medicine. This is a hotel
with ayurvedic program.
Hotel is in 1000 m.
SWITZERLAND
Aeskulap-Klinik
Centre for Clinical Holistic Medicine
CH-6440 Brunnen am Vierwaldstätersee
Switzerland
Phone +41 41 825 49 49
Fax +41 41 825 48 00
Email: Info@aeskulap.com
This
clinic treats depression by addressing the
underlying physical causes.
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
Carolyn Costin
Monte Nido Residential Treatment Center
27162 Sea Vista Drive
Malibu, CA 90265
Phone: (310) 457-9958
Fax: (310) 457-8442
E-Mail: mnte@idt.net
Web Site: www.montenido.com
Listed: April 2000
What type of
treatments do you use? Herbs,
vitamins, yoga, exercise, holistic approach, individual and group
counseling [Note: Although Alternativementalhealth.com does not usually
list practitioners using "counseling" techniques, this facility
is listed for the convenience of those seeking an alternative to a
drug-oriented approach.]
Do you
prescribe or recommend psychiatric drugs? Don't
recommend drugs unless they are needed and don't force drugs on people who
don't want them.
Do you help
take patients off of psychiatric drugs if they wish to do so? Yes
What type of
clients do you serve?
Anorexia,
Bulimia (Women Only)
Alternative to
Meds
Center
1080 Folsom Street
San Francisco
,
CA
94103
USA
Phone: (415) 431-3
7
33 (800) 359-9698
Email: lyle@alternativetomedscenter.com
Website: http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com/
Based
on the Orthomolecular, Naturopathic and Addiction Medicine Models.
We are a residential facility designed help
a person taper off of psychiatric medications.
We employ the service of an Orthomolecular
doctor with forty years experience in this capacity.
Through the use of brain chemistry testing, we isolate
imbalances. We then
seek to create balance through the use of naturally occurring substances
specifically aimed at correcting those imbalances,
thereby countering the need for medications and offsetting addictive
biochemistry.
We work with people who are on antipsychotics,
benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and pain
medications. The
standard program duration ranges from four to twelve weeks.
In this time, under the guidance of a board certified
psychiatrist, the medication is tapered.
The client spends their time on course learning clinical
nutrition, participating in inventive physical exercise and
stretching, working with a counselor, focus groups, acupuncture,
supervised client outings, or working with a needs specialist, and
is free to enjoy activities of their own choosing.
Each client is viewed as a success story, and we
individualize the treatment that best tells that story along the
way.
Our help line is:(800) 359-9698
www.AlternativeToMedsCenter.com
The director may be contacted at lyle@alternativetomedscenter.com
Safe Harbor Crisis House
Yolo Community Care Continuum
Deborah Ralston, Program Director
580 Kentucky Avenue
Woodland, CA 95695
Mail Address: P. O. Box 1101, Davis Ca. 95617
Phone: (530) 661-3213
Fax: (530) 661-3027
Website: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/YoloLINK/programs/pSafeHarborCrisis-5522.html
Golden State Psychological Center
100 North Point Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone: (415) 986-4029
Fax: (415) 986-4015
Website: http://www.gsphc.net/
Florida
Novus Medical
Detox
New Port Richey,
Florida
(800) 505-6604
Novus
Medical Detox Center is an inpatient facility located in the Tampa
Bay, Florida area that provides a private room with internet
access, flat screen television and telephone. On
3.25 acres, Novus has developed protocols that allows
people on prescription and street drugs to more
comfortably and safely detox. Novus uses a combination of
medical and natural treatments with an individually designed detox
for each patient. This results in patients completing
their detox more rapidly, more comfortably and more safely than in
most other detoxes.
Maine
Windhorse
Associates
Jeff
Bliss
211 North Street, Suite 1
Northampton
,
MA
01060
413-586-0207,
Ext. 113 or jbliss@windhorseassociates.org
Windhorse
programs have been successful in reducing hospitalization, as an
alternative to group care, and for structured support in daily
living towards greater independence and significant recovery. We
work with those experiencing extreme mind states which may be
labeled as: Schizophrenia, BiPolar Disorder, Severe Depression, or
Severe Anxiety.
A
Whole Person Approach to Restoring Connections
At
every level of Windhorse care the intent is to take into account
each aspect of the client’s situation, working towards integration
and balance. For a person needing intensive support, we offer a full
clinical team that works with clients in home environments we create
with them in the community. For a person wishing to remain at home
locally, work with a smaller team or a single clinical mentor might
be most beneficial. All services are fully integrated with the
community. All clinical work is done within the context of a
team that forms partnerships with family members and other health
professionals involved with the client. Our focus is to connect and
integrate each aspect of the client’s care, continually viewing
his or her situation as a whole.
Integrative
Medicine
It
is a basic premise of our approach that the health of the mind and
the body are closely linked. A wellness nurse consults to each team,
emphasizing the cultivation of life-long habits of good health. If
medications are being used initially, she works closely with the
client’s psychiatrist to optimize medication regimens by
integrating medication with other health enhancing measures.
When appropriate, a long-term effort to reduce or eliminate
medications can be considered.
Community
Life
All
clients are full members in the Windhorse therapeutic community. We
invite clients to participate in an array of educational events,
classes, discussion groups, celebrations and social activities.
Activities include: Yoga, hiking, a writing group, a wellness group,
games nights, potluck dinners, volunteer opportunities, internships,
and community council. Whenever possible, activities are drawn from
the community at large to promote integration.
New Jersey
Earth House
521 Canal Road
East Millstone, N.J. 08875
Phone: (732) 873-2212
Fax: (732) 873-6567
Listed: May 2000
Earth House is in a
rural setting and specializes in the treatment of
"schizophrenia" through orthomolecular (nutrition)
treatment. Diet, exercise, and education are emphasized.
Residents are called "students" instead of patients.
"Each person is
on an individually prescribed regimen of vitamins, minerals, and amino
acids to normalize brain chemistry prescribed by our nutritional
consultant, who is an M.D., after biochemical testing is performed.
Medication is also used to help control symptoms but a smaller doses is
usually possible when the person follows our lifestyle."
"As a rule,
schizophrenic patients dislike taking psychoactive drugs because of the
unpleasant side effects. The Earth House goal of substantially
reducing or eliminating the need for these medicines is a strong
motivating factor for student compliance and perseverance. Student input
about medication is taken seriously, and their concerns are
addressed."
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