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Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2013 Jul;22(3):375-80, v. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2013.05.002.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) defies simple definition, because the distinction between CAM and conventional medicine is largely arbitrary and fluid. Despite inconclusive data on the efficacy and safety of many CAM treatments in child and adolescent psychiatry, there are enough data on certain treatments to provide guidance to clinicians and researchers. CAM treatments, as adjunctive therapy or monotherapy, can be clinically beneficial and sensible. The low stigma and cost-competitiveness of many CAM psychiatric treatments are highly attractive to children and parents. Physicians need to be knowledgeable about CAM treatments to provide clinically valid informed consent for some conventional treatments.
补充和替代医学（CAM）的定义很复杂，因为 CAM 和常规医学之间的区别很大程度上是任意和流动的。尽管在儿童和青少年精神病学中，许多 CAM 治疗方法的疗效和安全性的数据尚无定论，但某些治疗方法的数据足以为临床医生和研究人员提供指导。CAM 治疗方法，作为辅助治疗或单一疗法，可以具有临床益处和合理性。许多 CAM 精神治疗方法的低污名和成本竞争力对儿童和家长极具吸引力。医生需要了解 CAM 治疗方法，以便为某些常规治疗提供具有临床意义的知情同意。
