en P150: Homeopathy and Anxiety روانشناسی Psycology مروری Review --- Open Access, CC-BY-NC <p align="center">لطفا به لینک انگلیسی مراجعه شود. </p> Numerous therapeutics for prevention and treatment of anxiety have been suggested but many people select alternative medicine such as homeopathy. Homeopathy is an old system of medicine which is used as an effective treatment in both acute and chronic medical and psychological conditions. The ''Homeopathy'' term is a Greek word that means similar disease. Homeopathy has a holistic approach to treatment, as the central goal in homeopathic treatment is ''like cures like''. Homeopathic drugs are derived from mineral, herbal and animal products. Within the last several decades, the use of homeopathic medicines has developed worldwide since homeopathy is safe, harmless and less expensive than conventional therapies. Furthermore, few side effects have seen by utilizing homeopathic products. The aim of this study is to discuss the effect of homeopathy on anxiety by searching via Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus, ECHO (European Committee for Homeopathy thesis database), WHO, Iran Medex and SID databases up to November 2014. Homeopathy, Herbal Medicine, Anxiety, Psychological Conditions 174 174 http://shefayekhatam.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-24-204&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Samaneh Ghalebi Zade Samaneh Ghalebi Zade Ghalebizadeh_s@yahoo.com 10031947532846002744 10031947532846002744 Yes Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashad, Iran. Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashad, Iran. Parisa Samadi Parisa Samadi 10031947532846002745 10031947532846002745 No Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashad, Iran. Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashad, Iran. Golnaz Rafi Zade Golnaz Rafi Zade 10031947532846002746 10031947532846002746 No Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashad, Mashhad, Iran. Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashad, Mashhad, Iran. Farzaneh Molla-Norouzi Farzaneh Molla-Norouzi 10031947532846002747 10031947532846002747 No Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashad, Iran. Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashad, Iran.