The Optimum Health Clinic Foundation is a new charity in the process
of being registered and set up.
The aims of the charity will be as follows:
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To fund high quality research into integrative
health methods, specifically those that are currently under researched
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As increasing evidence is established for integrative
health methods, to use this evidence to lobby for increased government
funding for further research and for effective treatment to made
available through the NHS
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To investigate how orthodox approaches and “complementary”
approaches can work more closely together
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To encourage appropriate regulation of “complementary”
approaches
Initial projects planned for 2009:
- A key objective of the charity is to drive more research into
integrative health through supporting researching in the area.
An initial plan of how to do this is through the financial assistance
of PhD students looking to do their thesis on integrative health,
specifically through contributing towards their tuition fees.
In many other areas of health there are considerable grants available,
but currently there are almost none for integrative health
- Supporting the use of trauma techniques such as EFT in trauma
zones like Indonesia. Last year, Anna Duschinsky (Director of
Psychology at the clinic) spent a month teaching these trauma techniques
to aid workers in areas affected by the Tsunami. This was funded
by private donations from friends and the clinic. The foundation
plans on helping fund future projects for Anna, and others doing
similar work.
- EFT and cancer research project. We are currently in talks with
The EFT Centre, a company that has a specialism in using EFT with
cancer, to undertake research into the effectiveness of this for
helping cancer victims deal with their situation.
A number of other projects are being considered, but this gives
you an idea of where we will be starting.
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