Integrative Medicine and Psychotherapy

Psychiatric practitioners are uniquely positioned to use psychotherapeutic skills to understand, utilize, and communicate about full-body health and nutrition as part of their scope of practice to help their patients achieve optimal functioning. This discussion provides you an opportunity to demonstrate your learning about several models of health care and identify interventions in support of mental health and healing. Please address the following points:

Compare and contrast the following health care models: integrative, complementary, modern mainstream, alternative, functional.
For each of the models, include one or more interventions that support mental health and healing.