Live from the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine Annual Conference 2023

Practical Use of Integrative Medicine for Fatigue and Stress from Trauma and Grief

While there's a tremendous opportunity for integrative medicine to help patients struggling with fatigue and stress due to trauma and grief, it can also inflict harm, said Rashmi Muller, MD, at the 2023 Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine Annual Conference in San Diego, Calif.

“We cannot apply a wellness model to grief; we can't just send them off with mindfulness tools, said Muller, an integrative endocrinologist affiliated with Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. “We need to show true compassion to sit with them in their pain and suffering.”

A whole health approach to stress and fatigue from trauma and grief focuses on the patient’s mission, aspiration, and purpose. What it doesn’t include, explained Muller, is a reliance on hormone testing and mindfulness tools like meditation and yoga, which is often seen within integrative medicine.

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