School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia.
School of Psychology, University of Ciputra, Surabaya 60219, Indonesia.
J Integr Med. 2017 Jul;15(4):288-294. doi: 10.1016/S2095-4964(17)60336-4.
Complementary, alternative and traditional medicine (CATM) is a new field, as well as a promising area of study and practice in psychology. It is important to research the cultural context and meaning of CATM, including its definitions and examples, among different communities of psychology because CATM's use is dependent on how it is understood by the members. The aim of this pilot study is to provide an interpretation of the Indonesian psychology community's understanding of CATM through a qualitative approach.
Online interviews with open-ended questions and purposive sampling were used. Participants were dominantly psychologists or lecturers in clinical psychology area. Ten males and 12 females with an average age of 28.0 ± 2.5 years voluntarily participated in this study. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and reviewed and analysed by the two authors to ensure accuracy of interpretation.
It was found that there was no single meaning of CATM among the Indonesian community of psychology. Participants were not familiar enough with the terms and tended to use them with overlap. It can be suggested that "complementary medicine" and "alternative medicine" or "complementary-alternative medicine" combined provides more suitable terminology for use among Indonesian psychology community when communicating with other health care professionals.
The understanding of the terms and examples of CATM were diverse and were often used interchangeably in the projects/interviews. It was also found that Indonesian psychologists required more education regarding CATM. In addition, future studies with more participants from various aspects of the psychology community should be conducted to capture a more representative sample.
补充、替代和传统医学（CATM）是心理学中一个新兴的研究和实践领域。研究不同心理学群体中 CATM 的文化背景和意义非常重要，包括其定义和示例，因为 CATM 的使用取决于其被成员理解的方式。本初步研究旨在通过定性方法提供对印度尼西亚心理学界对 CATM 理解的解释。
采用开放式问题的在线访谈和目的性抽样。参与者主要是临床心理学领域的心理学家或讲师。10 名男性和 12 名女性，平均年龄为 28.0±2.5 岁，自愿参加了这项研究。访谈进行了录音、逐字转录，并由两位作者进行了回顾和分析，以确保解释的准确性。
研究发现，印度尼西亚心理学界对 CATM 没有单一的理解。参与者对这些术语不够熟悉，往往会重叠使用。可以认为，“补充医学”和“替代医学”或“补充-替代医学”结合在一起，为印度尼西亚心理学界在与其他医疗保健专业人员交流时提供了更合适的术语。
对 CATM 的术语和示例的理解是多样化的，在项目/访谈中经常互换使用。此外，还发现印度尼西亚心理学家需要更多关于 CATM 的教育。此外，应该进行更多来自心理学界不同方面的参与者的未来研究，以获得更具代表性的样本。
