Remission of Schizoaffective Disorder Using Homeopathic Medicine: 2 Case Reports

anon79999497 · October 8, 2017, 9:07am

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Remission of Schizoaffective Disorder Using Homeopathic Medicine: 2 Case Reports.

DE Grise, T Peyman and J Langland, Alternative therapies in health and medicine, Oct 2017 02

Context • Research on the schizophrenia spectrum is primarily focused on pharmaceutical interventions, although alternative treatments have been gaining increasing popularity in recent years because patients are seeking treatments that are effective and have reduced side effects. A significant body of evidence already exists supporting the effectiveness of homeopathy to treat a wide array of illnesses. Objective • The research team intended to demonstrate the need for using both alternative and conventional treatments to improve clinical outcomes in the treatment of schizoaffective disorder. Design • The research team performed 2 case studies. Setting • The study took place at Arizona Natural Health Center (Tempe, AZ, USA), an outpatient clinic where Dr Tara Peyman worked as a naturopathic doctor from 2008 to 2014. Participants • The participants were a 23-y-old female (case 1) and a 34-y-old female (case 2), both of whom had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type. Intervention • Individualized homeopathic treatment was initiated for the 2 patients, who previously had received medication of atypical antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. Outcome Measures • A Likert scale was used to evaluate the intensity of each patient's symptoms at each follow-up, based on self-reporting, using a scale from 1 to 10, with a score of 10 being the highest. Results • During the course of treatment, both patients' symptoms normalized, and they regained their ability to hold jobs, attend school, and maintain healthy relationships with their families and partners while requiring fewer pharmaceutical interventions. Conclusions • The 2 current case reports demonstrate a successful integrative approach to the treatment of schizoaffective disorder. They illustrate the value of individualized homeopathic prescriptions with proper case management in the successful treatment of that disorder. Future large-scale, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies should investigate individualized homeopathic treatments for mental health concerns, because the diseases cause great economic and social burden.

An exception to the rule?

NutsAboutU · October 8, 2017, 9:20am

I’d guess that the authors faked the results. Probably a fraud. (Paper never refused ink.)

anon9798425 · October 8, 2017, 9:32am

Not an exception. Placebo.

aakash · October 8, 2017, 9:53am

Doesn’t the UK see homeopathy as a sham? I vaguely remember seeing something like this in the news.

far_cry0 · October 8, 2017, 10:08am

I tried ayurvedic med for sz …they didnt work… psy med are full of side effect …

NutsAboutU · October 8, 2017, 11:36am

I saw a health documentary that suggested that drs should take advantage of the placebo effect by using a stethoscope to listen to heartbeat, take blood pressure, and things of this nature at each visit even while practicing drugs based medicine. It would go a long way to boosting the legitimate effects of the drugs with an additional placebo effect. The placebo researchers say that the medical drs presence and actions induce a strong placebo response merely by the fact that the patient has invested belief and trust in them.

everhopeful · October 8, 2017, 11:47am

Hmm… So they were still on meds?

twinklestars · October 8, 2017, 4:00pm

It’s an illness that has remissions. And placebo does work. Look at all the recent trials thrown by unusually large placebo effect.

I’m glad they felt better, but it wasn’t because of homeopathy.

Gina2 · October 8, 2017, 4:03pm

I believe that alternative treatments help sza disorder. I am living proof that they do. I use the alternative treatments of mindfulness meditation, yoga therapy, CBD oil, prayer, and music therapy along with conventional antipsychotic and anti depressant drugs to treat my sza and they all work gloriously.

GentleSoul · October 8, 2017, 4:55pm

Hey Gina, what kind of CBD oil do u use? Any thc?

CoCo · October 8, 2017, 11:37pm

Gina2, what did you take that helped?

Opus · October 9, 2017, 7:31pm

Gina all those things have scientific proven effects so there not really like homopathy