Exam 15: B: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The most widely used alternative treatment for substance abuse is:

The alternative therapy that has achieved mainstream acceptance is:

Probiotics are:

To help him relax,Rick is learning to pay nonjudgmental,in-the-moment attention to his changing perceptions and thoughts.Rick is evidently practicing:

To help her relax,Brittany practices a daily exercise in which she focuses her awareness on a personally meaningful phrase,or mantra.Brittany is evidently practicing:

Regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture as a pain treatment,which of the following conclusions is drawn in the text?

Herbert Benson suggested that an important factor in placebo responding is:

In herbal medicine,tonics are herbs that:

CAM is used most often by:

The concept of qi,a life force flowing throughout the body,is central to:

Hypnosis seems to be most effective in helping people manage:

Acupuncture theory identifies 14 lines of energy called:

Which of the following was NOT offered as an explanation of how relaxation and meditation might promote health?

When asked why there are not more controlled clinical trials of CAM therapies,CAM practitioners note that:

The approach to health care that promotes the collection,interpretation,and integration of the best research in making decisions about patient care is:

A health psychologist would most likely use biofeedback to provide clients with information about their:

Anecdotal evidence consists of:

Popular in some varieties of complementary and alternative medicine,vitalism is the concept of:

Fabrizio Benedetti found that _______________ injections of placebos were more effective in reducing pain than _______________ injections.

In one experiment,Herbert Benson reported that,while meditating,experienced practitioners experience: