Clinic location & Contact details What Natural Health Care is about About Andrew Francis |
Warrandyte Herbal Natural
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Andrew is a long-time resident of Warrandyte and the sole practitioner at Warrandyte Herbal. He holds degrees in both herbal medicine and psychology, and integrates the understandings he has developed in both these fields to provide a truly 'holistic' consultation and treatment strategy for every client. A highly experienced practitioner, Andrew is able offer holistic treatments for a wide range of health issues.
In addition to his clinical practice in Natural Medicine at Warrandyte, Andrew is also employed at RMIT University in the Division of Psychology. In his role as an academic he conducts research into the efficacy of herbal medicines, as well as other topics. He is a regular invited speaker at international and national conferences on natural medicine and wellness, and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of both herbal medicine and psychology. Andrew is also a keen gardener. He maintains a herbal garden from which some of his remedies (creams, lotions, eyewashes etc) are sourced. He is also a regular walker in the many beautiful parks Warrandyte offers. All of the herb and nature photographs on this website were taken by Andrew in his garden or in the forests of Warrandyte. Selected
publications and presentations Francis AJP (2005). Antidepressant actions of St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum : A test of the circadian hypotheses. Phytomedicine. 12, 167-172. Polimeni, M.A., Richdale, A.L. & Francis, A.J.P (2005). A Survey of Sleep Problems in Autism, Asperger's Disorder and Typically Developing Children. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.49(4), 260-268. Francis, A.J.P. (2004). Biological rhythms and aging. (Invited lecture, Inaugural International Conference on Longevity, Sydney, Australia). Francis, A.J.P & Papageorgiou, P (2004). Expressed Emotion in Greek versus Anglo-Saxon Families of Individuals with Schizophrenia. Australian Psychologist, 39(2):172-177. Goldberg, T. and Francis, A. (2003). Effect of exercise on sleep, mood and locus of control in an older adult sample. Paper presented at the annual state conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Victorian Branch. Melbourne, Australia. Francis, AJPF. (2003). Biological rhythms and sleep : holistic understandings and intervention. Victorian Herbalists Association. General Meeting (October). Lane, T & Francis AJP (2003). Premenstrual Symptomatology, Locus of Control, Anxiety and Depression in Women with Normal Menstrual Cycles. Archives of Women's Mental Health. 6(2):127-138. Francis, AJP & Dempster, RJW. (2002). Effect of valerian, Valeriana edulis, on sleep difficulties in children with intellectual deficits : randomised trial. Phytomedicine. 9(4), 273-279 Francis AJP (2000). Clinical trials at the interface of psychology and herbal medicine. (Invited Plenary Lecture, Victorian Conference on Herbal Medicine, Melbourne, Australia). Richdale, A., Gavidia-Payne, S., Francis, A., & Cotton, S. (2000). Sleep problems, behaviour and stress in children with an intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 25, 147-161. Tabensky M.V., Francis A.J.P and Ewing, C. (2000). Relationships between psychological variables, health, and lymphocyte proliferation following echinacea administration. (Australian Neuroscience Society, Melbourne, Australia). Francis AJP (1999). Psychophytotherapeutics : An Emerging Discipline. (Invited Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Herbal Medicine, Brisbane, Australia). 5/90 Melbourne Hill
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