Glossary

Chromotherapy is an alternative therapy which uses colour and light to balance energy in the patient's body.

Cipralex is a brand name for escitalopram, a type of SSRI antidepressant used to treat a range of conditions including anxiety and depression.

Circadian rhythms are physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness in an organism's environment.

Circle time, also called group time, refers to any time that a group of people are sitting together for an activity involving everyone.

Classical homeopathy is the original form on homeopathy, in which the therapist attempts to match the pattern of the patient's symptoms to the pattern of a single remedy.

Clathration is a form of chelation, which is a chemical means of removing heavy metals, such as mercury from the body.

Clay bath is a form of chelation in which small amounts of clay are added to bathwater.

A cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, with a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles, and chemical vapours.

The clinical teaching model is another term for discrete trial training, a highly-structured training technique that involves a trainer instructing an individual with autism using a series of learning opportunities or trials.

Clinical trials are pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favourable and unfavourable effects.

Clinoptilolite is a volcanic mineral used to produce zeolite, a food supplement which is sometimes used as a chelating agent or to boost the immune system.

Clomipramine is a type of tricyclic antidepressant used to treat a range of conditions including depression, phobias, obsessional disorders and cataplexy.

Clonazepam is a type of anticonvulsant sold under various brand names including Klonopim. ,

Clonidine is a type of drug called an alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist or antihypertensive.

Clozapine is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics.

Coaching is another term for mentoring, the process of supporting and encouraging someone else to maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance and become the person they want to be.

Coaxil is a brand name for tianeptine, a selective serotonin reuptake enhancer used to treat depression and anxiety.

Cobalamin is another term for vitamin B-12, a water soluble vitamin which is important in the proper function of the nervous system and important in proper carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism.

Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit organisation, providing up-to-date information about the effects of health care.

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is part of the Cochrane Library, the definitive resource for evidence-based health care.