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Journal of Agricultural Science and Botany | Volume: 2
November 15-16, 2018 | Paris, France
Plant Science
Natural Products,Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines
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In 2000, the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Science
and Technology’s report on Complementary and Alternative
Medicine indicated that the “Big 5” complementary and
alternative medicine therapies, CAM therapies, including
acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, osteopathy and
herbal medicine should work in cooperation within the UK
National Health System. Following this decision, the Republic of
Ireland followed suit with their own investigation of trends in
CAM therapies and supporting integration of these. Northern
Ireland, part of the UK, but physically located on the island
of Ireland, has experienced daily violent conflict until the late
1990s and, more recently a coming-from-conflict environment
in the early 2000s. Suicide, reported anxiety, and PTSD are on
the rise in this recovering society. Although no continued and
rigorous investigation of CAM therapies has been undertaken
in Northern Ireland, work by McDonagh et al (2007) indicates a
rise in CAM therapies that reflect trends in the UK and Ireland.
In Northern Ireland, it was demonstrated that some of themost
common health problems listed by users of CAM therapies
were stress issues, mental health and depression. Furthermore,
with the level of mental health disorders in the Northern
Ireland Study of Health and Stress 2001 indicating the highest
percentage of respondent for anxiety, mood, substance and
impulse disorders in the category of those exposed to conflict,
such therapies are worth considering. In recent studies, CAM
therapies are increasingly being used and examined by the US
Veterans Association health care matrix and other providers of
health care to veterans and survivors suffering mental illness
after exposure to conflict. This paper conjoins these arenas
and hopes to start dialogue around the effective co-use of
traditional and CAM therapies in conflict-experienced persons.
Speaker Biography
Rosellen Roche, MBBS/MD, PhD, FHEA is a social anthropologist and physician who has
over 25 years of qualitative and quantitative research experience. Her areas of interest
include social deprivation, trauma, conflict, war and the synergy of understanding these
consequences in medicine and medical education. A dual US/UK citizen trained in social
anthropology and medicine in the US and the UK, Roche is an Associate Professor of
Primary Care in the Department of FamilyMedicine at Ohio University’s Heritage College of
Osteopathic Medicine at South Point Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Campus. Currently, she also
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Rosellen Roche
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
CAM therapies and conflict survivors: Could CAM therapies be part of Northern
Ireland’s recovery in mental injury from conflict
Rosellen Roche, Plant science & Natural Medicine 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7897-C1-001