Dr. Reef Karim – Wellness Day 2011 Interview: Holistic Addiction Treatment – Dr. Reef Karim, as interviewed at ONE80CENTER’s Wellness Day 2011 Dr. Reef Karim is a board certified psychiatrist, board certified addiction medicine specialist and a certified relationship therapist. He is a senior attending physician and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience as well as being a published research scientist in the field of behavioral and chemical addictions with articles in the International Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Addiction Medicine and other prestigious journals. ONE80CENTER: What do you believe are some holistic ways that can beneficially supplement more traditional means of treatment for addiction towards a positive outcome? “A basic way of utilizing spiritual healing in regards to outcome and its application to traditional therapies. When you look at traditional therapies what do you think about? You think about 12-step philosophy, you think about psychopharmacology medications, you look at cognitive behavioral therapy and individual therapy. So if you have someone with a co-morbidity, meaning a dual diagnosis, lets say they have ADHD and an alcohol problem and they are drinking to deal with unmedicated or untreated ADHD. Utilizing meditation, just specific mantra based meditation on a regular basis, over and over and over again can access the left and right front lobe area where attentional work is enhanced. So am I going to treat ADHD with meditation? Probably not. Am I going to utilize meditation …

 

How Does an Empty Nest Affect Parents of Autistic Young Adults?

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