Due to the need to offer alternatives to veterans because of the opioid epidemic, some alternative treatments are being considered and the treatments even paid for in Veterans Administration facilities. Acupuncture, yoga, and chiropractic care are slowly seeping into the veterans health care treatments. There is a backlash, of course, those who claim the results are only a placebo effect. It is great that these non-drug treatments are being made available to veterans and paid by their insurance. Maybe good results will cause these treatments to be made available in the near future for other health insurance plans as well.
Dr. Joe Dispenza, of course, has put a new spotlight on the placebo effect and has written a book on the topic. He has studied the placebo effect on real people, and has shown stunning results verifying that our minds have a great deal to do with our own health and healing process. https://drjoedispenza-com.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/you-are-the-placebo-book-paperback
These two examples are encouraging and, hopefully, we will see a day in the near future when alternative health care is given the respect and an equal opportunity to help people recover wellness.