Use of complementary alternative medicine and the associated factors among patients with depression

This 2020 trial tested the antidepressant effect of chamomile in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) with and without depression. Amsterdam et al. hypothesized that the anxiolytic impact of chamomile will be similar between patients with and without depression, but the antidepressant activity will be better in GAD sufferers with depression than those without. A […]

In this 2016 study, long-term therapy with chamomile (matricaria chamomilla L.) was investigated as a preventer of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) symptom relapse. The participants were outpatients from primary care practices and local communities with a primary diagnosis of moderate-to-severe GAD. First, a total of 179 individuals received 500mg of pharmaceutical grade chamomile extract three […]