Traditional and alternative health services for people suffering from stress?!

Traditional and alternative health services for people suffering from stress?

Where traditional health services are those that society believes to be effective and rely largely on medications and operations.

Whereas alternative health services are those that rely less on drugs and medical procedures.

I'm not sure if you are asking for opinions about whether one is better than the other or what the forms of these are. I'll give it my best shot.

There are medications one can take for stress. Sometimes that is the only way people will let themselves be treated. I have read in some of the medical literature that people get antsy and upset when their doctor suggests that maybe they need to seek out the services of a psychiatrist or therapist. They'll take the pills over talk therapy.

Therapy has been shown to be just as helpful as medication in dealing with stress and depression. Sometimes people need the extra help from medication, but when used in conjunction with therapy, people seem to do better long-term.

Therapy, esp. for stress, involves a person learning what things cause stress, determining how the body reacts, and learning ways to not get so stressed. Since that doesn't involve medication, that might be alternative health, but the two are happening more in tandem all the time.

As for alternative medicine, even herbs and remedies that people take are medicines of some kind. Food is a medicine. Acupuncture can be great for stress. Yoga is very effective as well. Physical exercise is a good remedy for stress. Alternative medicine also requires a person to relearn ways to live...how to eat and drink, what to eat and drink, examining one's life to see what needs to change.

I think it can be very difficult to choose one approach over the other. They both have their place and can be very helpful when applied judiciously.

I hope this makes sense.