Kuruppuarachchi K A L A, Hapangama A
Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka, email
Lecturer in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
Int Psychiatry. 2008 Jul 1;5(3):73-75. eCollection 2008 Jul.
The use of complementary and alternative medicine is increasing among psychiatric populations. Herbal medications are a form of alternative and complementary medicine whose use has increased over the last decade. Two studies done among Western out-patient groups have reported rates of use of herbal medicine at 15% ('current use'; Matthews , 2003) and 24% (Knaudt , 1999).