The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) appears to be increasing, especially among college students. We surveyed 146 undergraduate and graduate students with the CAM Health Belief Questionnaire and obtained credibility and frequency ratings for a select group of CAM therapies: yoga, meditation, massage, chiropractic medicine, biofeedback, hypnosis, acupuncture, spirituality/religion, therapeutic touch, the use of herbs/vitamins, and aromatherapy/essential oils. Graduate students held more favorable views about integrating CAM into conventional medical practice. Female students reported using a wider variety of therapies than male students. Spirituality/religion and herbs/vitamins were the most popular CAM approaches. Students rated yoga, meditation, and massage as being highly credible practices. They rated hypnosis and therapeutic touch low in credibility. We discuss hypnosis as an example of a therapy that suffers from poor public perception despite having a relatively strong evidentiary base.

补充医学和替代医学（CAM）的流行似乎正在增加，尤其是在大学生中。我们以CAM健康信念问卷调查了146名大学生和研究生，并获得了CAM治疗的精选组的信誉和频率等级：瑜伽，冥想，按摩，脊骨疗法，生物反馈，催眠，针灸，灵性/宗教，治疗手法，使用草药/维生素和芳香疗法/精油。研究生对将CAM纳入常规医学实践持有更积极的看法。女学生报告使用的疗法比男学生更广泛。精神/宗教和草药/维生素是最流行的CAM方法。学生认为瑜伽，冥想和按摩是高度可信的做法。他们认为催眠和治疗接触的可信度低。我们以催眠为例，说明这种疗法尽管证据基础相对扎实，但仍受到公众的不良欢迎。