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James Lake

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I am a Board-certified psychiatrist who practices on the central California coast. My career has been focused on bringing the sub-specialty of integrative mental health care into the mainstream. I have served as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Stanford, and is currently a visiting assistant professor of medicine at University of Arizona School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine.

I founded and chaired the American Psychiatric Association’s Caucus on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine from 2004 through 2010 and is a founding member and former chair of the International Network of Integrative Mental Health. I've completed an intensive course in medical acupunc I am a Board-certified psychiatrist who practices on the central California coast. My career has been focused on bringing the sub-specialty of integrative mental health care into the mainstream. I have served as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Stanford, and is currently a visiting assistant professor of medicine at University of Arizona School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine.

I founded and chaired the American Psychiatric Association’s Caucus on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine from 2004 through 2010 and is a founding member and former chair of the International Network of Integrative Mental Health. I've completed an intensive course in medical acupuncture and I am a long-time student of Tibetan medicine.

I have published numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters on integrative medicine and psychiatry, contribute a regular column on integrative mental health care to Psychiatric Times, and serves on the editorial review boards of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Journal of the Association for Advances in Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, and Jour of Clinical Psychiatry. I am the author or editor of 4 textbooks on alternative and integrative mental health care: Chinese Medical Psychiatry: A Clinical Manual, (with Bob Flaws), Blue Poppy Press, 2000; Textbook of Integrative Mental Health Care, Thieme, 2006; and Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care (co-edited with David Spiegel), American Psychiatric Press, 2007, and Integrative Mental Health Care: A Therapist’s Handbook, Norton, 2009.

My most recent project is a series of 10 short books on integrative mental healthcare intended as concise guides on the integrative management of depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, substance abuse and other common mental health problems. The books are available as ebooks through Amazon.com and Smashwords and as print books through Amazon.com. You can find my blog and several full text articles on my website
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	Complementary And Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Integrative Mental Health Care: A Therapist's Handbook 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alternative Treatments of Anxiety: Safe, effective and affordable approaches and how to use them (Alternative and Integrative Treatments in Mental Health Care Book 2) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alternative Treatments of Bipolar Disorder: Safe, effective and affordable approaches and how to use them (Alternative and Integrative Treatments in Mental Health Care Book 4) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alternative Treatments of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Safe, effective and affordable approaches and how to use them (Alternative and Integrative Treatments in Mental Health Care Book 8) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Alternative Treatments of Schizophrenia: Safe, effective and affordable approaches and how to use them (Alternative and Integrative Treatments in Mental Health Care Book 9) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Textbook of Integrative Mental Health Care 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alternative Treatments of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): Safe, effective and affordable approaches and how to use them (Alternative and ... Treatments in Mental Health Care Book 5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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