Integrative medicine combines evidence-based complementary medicine with standard internal medicine practices to produce holistic care models. Internists can include nutrition counseling, mindfulness, yoga, or acupuncture to treat patients with chronic disease, pain, or stress-related disorders.
This patient-centered model enables people to be active participants in their healing journey. Integrative medicine builds the therapeutic relationship and improves outcomes in general and internal medicine practice by treating both body and mind.