Iris Bell MD PhD

Integrative Health For Natural Healing

Research Papers by Dr Bell and Colleagues

Publications

Original Reports

  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE. Voluntary control and reactivity of human heart rate.  Psychophysiology 1975; 12(3):339-348.Article also reprinted in Barber TX, DiCara LV, Kamiya J, Miller NE, Shapiro D, Stoyva J,eds.  Biofeedback and Self-Control 1975/1976, Chicago: Aldine, 1976:310-319.Bell IR. A kinin model of mediation for food and chemical sensitivities:  biobehavioral implications.  Ann Allergy 1975; 35:206-215.Bell IR, Guilleminault C, Dement WC. Hypersomnia, multiple-system symptomatology, and selective IgA deficiency.  Biological Psychiatry 1978; 13(6):751-757.Montplaisir J, Billiard M, Takahashi S, Bell IR, Guilleminault C, Dement WC. Twenty-four hour recording in REM-narcoleptics with special reference to nocturnal sleep disruption.  Biological Psychiatry 1978; 13(1):73-89.
  1. Victor BS, Link NA, Binder RL, Bell IR. Use of clonazepam in acute psychosis. Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:1111-1112.
  2. Bell IR, Cole JO. Fluoxetine induces elevation of desipramine level and exacerbation of geriatric nonpsychotic depression.  J Clin Psychopharm 1988; 8:447-448.
  3. Aranow RB, Hudson JI, Pope HG, Grady TO, Laage TA, Bell IR, Cole JO. Elevated antidepressant plasma levels following addition of fluoxetine.  Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:911-913.
  4. Bell IR, Edman JS, Marby DW, Satlin A, Dreier T, Liptzin B, Cole JO. Vitamin B12 and folate status in acute geropsychiatric inpatients:  affective and cognitive characteristics of a vitamin non-deficient population.  Biological Psychiatry 1990; 27:125-137.
  5. Newman NJ, Bell IR, McKee A. Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis:  neuropsychiatric presentation.  Biological Psychiatry 1990; 27:529-542.
  6. Bell IR, Edman JS, Miller J, Hebben N, Linn RT, Ray D, Kayne HL. Relationship of normal vitamin B12 and folate levels to cognitive test performance in subtypes of geriatric major depression.  J Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 1990; 3:98-105.
  1. Bell IR, Jasnoski ML, Kagan J, King DS. Is allergic rhinitis more frequent in young adults with extreme shyness?  A preliminary survey.  Psychosomatic Medicine 1990; 52:517-525.
  2. Bell IR, Jasnoski ML, Kagan J, King DS. Depression and allergies:  survey of a nonclinical population.  Psychotherapy/Psychosomatics 1991; 55:24-31.
  3. Bell IR, Edman JS, Morrow F, Marby DW, Mirages S, Perrone G, Kayne HL, Cole JO. B complex vitamin patterns in geriatric and young adult inpatients with major depression.  J Amer Geriatrics Soc 1991; 39:252-257.
  4. Bell IR, Edman JS, Morrow FD, Marby DW, Perrone G, Kayne HL, Greenwald M, Cole JO. Brief communication:  Vitamin B1, B2, and B6 augmentation of tricyclic antidepressant treatment in geriatric depression with cognitive dysfunction.  J Amer College Nutrition 1992; 11:159-163.
  5. Bell IR. Neuropsychiatric and biopsychosocial mechanisms in multiple chemical sensitivity:  an olfactory-limbic system model.  Invited chapter for National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Commission on Life Sciences Report:  Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.  Addendum to Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology.  Washington, DC:  National Academy Press, 1992. pp. 89-108.
  6. Bell IR, Morrow FD, Read M, Berkes S, Perrone G: Low thyroxine in female psychiatric inpatients with riboflavin deficiency:  implications for folate-dependent methylation.  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1992; 85:360-363.
  7. Bell IR. Allergies, physical irritants, depression, and shyness.  J Applied Developmental Psychology 1992; 13:125-133.
  8. Bell IR, Miller CM, Schwartz GE. An olfactory-limbic model of multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome:  possible relationships to kindling and affective spectrum disorders.  Biological Psychiatry 1992; 32:218-242.
  9. Bell IR, Martino GM, Meredith KE, Schwartz GE, Siani MM, Morrow FD. Vascular risk factors, urinary free cortisol, and health histories in older adults:  shyness and gender interactions.  Biological Psychology 1993; 35:37-49.
  10. Bell IR, Edman JS, Selhub J, Morrow FD, Marby DW, Kayne HL, Cole JO. Plasma homocysteine in vascular disease and in nonvascular dementia of depressed elderly people.  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1992; 86:386-390.
  11. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Peterson JM, Amend D. Self-reported illness from chemical odors in young adults without clinical syndromes or occupational exposures.  Arch Environ Health 1993; 48:6-13.
  12. Bell IR, Markley EJ, King DS, Asher S, Marby D, Kayne H, Greenwald M, Ogar D, Margen S. Polysymptomatic syndromes and autonomic reactivity to nonfood stressors in individuals with self-reported adverse food reactions.  J Amer College Nutrition 1993; 12:227-238.
  13. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Peterson JM, Amend D. Symptom and personality profiles of young adults from a college student population with self-reported illness from foods and chemicals.  J Amer College Nutrition 1993; 12:693-702.
  14. Bell IR, Amend D, Kaszniak AW, Schwartz GE. Memory deficits, sensory impairment, and depression in the elderly.  Lancet 1993; 341:62.
  15. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Peterson JM, Amend D, Stini WA. Possible time-dependent sensitization to xenobiotics:  self-reported illness from chemical odors, foods, and opiate drugs in an older adult population.  Arch Environ Health 1993; 48:315-327.
  16. Jasnoski MB, Bell IR, Peterson R. What connections exist between panic symptoms, shyness, Type I hypersensitivity, anxiety, and anxiety sensitivity?  Anxiety, Stress, & Coping 1994; 7:19-34.
  17. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Amend D, Peterson JM, Kaszniak AW, Miller CS. Psychological characteristics and subjective intolerance for xenobiotic agents of normal young adults with trait shyness and defensiveness:  a Parkinsonian-like personality type?  J Nerv Ment Dis 1994; 182:367-374.
  18. Bell IR. Somatization disorder:  health care costs in the decade of the brain.  Biol Psychiatry 1994; 35:81-83.
  19. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Amend D, Peterson JM, Stini WA. Sensitization to early life stress and responses to chemical odors in older adults.  Biological Psychiatry 1994; 35:857-863.
  1. Bell IR. Neuropsychiatric aspects of sensitization to low level chemicals:  a neural sensitization model.  Toxicol Industr Health 1994; 10:277-312.
  1. Schwartz GE, Bell IR, Dikman ZV, Kline JP, Peterson JM, Polak EH, Wright KP. EEG responses to low level chemicals in normals and cacosmics.  Toxicol Industr Health 1994; 10:633-643.
  2. Bell IR, Amend D, Kaszniak AW, Schwartz GE, Peterson JM, Stini WA, Miller JW, Selhub J. Trait shyness in the elderly:  evidence for an association with Parkinson’s disease in family members and biochemical correlates.  J Geriatric Psychiatry Neurol 1995; 8:16-22.
  3. Bell IR, Peterson JM, Schwartz GE. Medical histories and psychological profiles of middle-aged women with and without self-reported illness from environmental chemicals.  J Clin Psychiatry 1995; 56:151-160.
  1. Bell IR, Wyatt JK, Bootzin RR, Schwartz GE. Slowed reaction time performance on a divided attention task in elderly with environmental chemical odor intolerance.  Int J Neurosci 1996; 84:127-134.
  1. Bell IR, Hardin E, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GE. Increased limbic system symptomatology and sensitizability of young adults with chemical and noise sensitivities.  Environ Res 1995; 70:84-97.
  2. Bell IR, Miller CS, Schwartz GE, Peterson JM, Amend D. Neuropsychiatric and somatic characteristics of young adults with and without chemical odor intolerance and chemical sensitivity.  Arch Environ Health 1996; 51:9-21.
  1. Bell IR, Bootzin RR, Davis TP, Hau V, Ritenbaugh C, Johnson KA, Schwartz GE. Time-dependent sensitization of plasma beta-endorphin in community elderly with self-reported environmental chemical odor intolerance.  Biological Psychiatry 1996; 40:134-143.
  1. Bell IR, Bootzin RR, Ritenbaugh C, Wyatt JK, DeGiovanni G, Kulinovich T, Anthony JL, Kuo TF, Rider SP, Peterson JM, Schwartz GE, Johnson KA. A polysomnographic study of sleep disturbance in community elderly with self-reported environmental chemical odor intolerance.  Biological Psychiatry 1996; 40:123-133.
  1. Bell IR. Clinically relevant EEG studies and psychophysiological findings:  possible neural mechanisms for multiple chemical sensitivity.  Toxicology 1996; 111:101-117.
  2. Koss MP, Figueredo AJ, Bell IR, Tharan M, Tromp S. Traumatic memory characteristics:  a cross-validated mediational model of response to rape among employed women.  J Abnormal Psychology 1996; 105:421-432.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Baldwin CM, Hardin EE. Neural sensitization and physiological markers in multiple chemical sensitivity.  Regulatory Toxicology  & Pharmacology 1996; 24:S39-S47.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Bootzin RR, Wyatt JK. Time-dependent sensitization of heart rate and blood pressure over multiple laboratory sessions in elderly individuals with chemical odor intolerance.  Arch Environ Health 1997; 52:6-17.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Bootzin RR, Hau V, Davis T. Elevation of plasma beta-endorphin levels of shy elderly in response to novel laboratory experiences.  Behavioral Med 1997; 22:168-173.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Baldwin CM, Hardin EE, Klimas N, Kline JP, Patarca R, Song ZY. Individual differences in neural sensitization and the role of context in illness from low level environmental chemical exposures.  Environ Health Perspectives 1997; 105 (Suppl 2):457-466.
  1. Szarek MJ, Bell IR, Schwartz GE. Validation of a brief screening measure of environmental chemical sensitivity:  the chemical odor intolerance index.  J Environ Psychol 1997; 17(4):345-351.
  2. Bell IR, Rossi J, Gilbert M, Kobal G, Morrow L, Newlin D, Sorg B, Wood R. Testing the neural sensitization and kindling hypothesis for illness from low levels of environmental chemicals:  working group report.  Environ Health Perspectives 1997; 105 (Suppl 2):539-547.
  1. Baldwin CM, Bell IR, O’Rourke MK, Lebowitz MD. The association of respiratory problems in a community sample of self-reported chemical intolerance.  Eur J Epidemiol 1997; 13:547-552.
  1. Bell IR, Walsh ME, Goss A, Gersmeyer J, Schwartz GE, Kanof P. Cognitive dysfunction and disability in geriatric veterans with self-reported intolerance to environmental chemicals. J Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 1997; 3:15-42.
  1. Patarca R, Bell IR, Fletcher MA. Pteridines and neuroimmune function and pathology.  J Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 1997; 3:69-86.
  1. Bell IR, Kline, JP, Schwartz GE, Peterson JM. Quantitative EEG patterns during nose versus mouth inhalation of filtered room air in young adults with and without self-reported chemical odor intolerance.  Int J Psychophysiol 1998; 28:23-35.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GE. Illness from low levels of environmental chemicals:  relevance to chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.  Am J Med Suppl 1998; 105(3A):74S-82S.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Hardin EE, Baldwin CM, Kline JP. Differential resting qEEG alpha patterns in women with environmental chemical intolerance, depressives, and normals.  Biological Psychiatry 1998; 43(5):376-388.
  1. Baldwin CM, Bell IR. Increased cardiopulmonary disease risk in a community-based sample with chemical odor intolerance:  implications for women’s health and health care utilization.  Arch Environ Health 1998; 53:347-353.
  1. Bell IR, Patarca R, Baldwin CM, Klimas NG, Schwartz GE, Hardin EE. Serum neopterin and somatization in women with chemical intolerance, depressives, and normals.  Neuropsychobiology 1998; 38:13-18.
  2. Bell IR, Warg-Damiani L, Baldwin CM, Walsh M, Schwartz GE. Self-reported chemical sensitivity and wartime chemical exposures in Gulf War veterans with and without decreased global health ratings.  Military Medicine 1998; 163:725-732.
  1. Russek LG, Schwartz GE, Bell IR, Baldwin CM. Positive perceptions of parental caring are associated with reduced medical and psychiatric symptoms.  Psychosom Med 1998; 60:654-657.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Russek LG, Schwartz GE, Hardin EE. Early life stress, negative paternal relationships, and current chemical odor intolerance in middle-aged women:  support for a neural sensitization model.  J Women’s Health 1998; 7:1135-1147.
  1. Bell IR, Szarek MJ, DiCenso DR, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GE, Bootzin RR. Patterns of waking EEG spectral power in chemically intolerant individuals during repeated chemical exposures.  Int J Neurosci 1999; 97:41-59.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GER, Russek LGS. Integrating belief systems and therapies in medicine: application of the eight world hypotheses to classical homeopathy.  Integrative Medicine 1998; 1(3):95-105.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Fernandez M, Schwartz GER. Neural sensitization model for multiple chemical sensitivity: overview of theory and empirical evidence.  Toxicol Industr Health 1999; 15:295-304.
  1. Fernandez M, Bell IR, Schwartz GER. EEG sensitization during chemical exposure in women with and without chemical sensitivity of unknown etiology.  Toxicol Industr Health 1999; 15:305-312.
  1. Kline JP, Bell I, Schwartz GE, Hau V, Davis T. Repressive and defensive coping styles predict resting plasma endorphin levels in the elderly.  Biol Psychology 1998; 49:295-302.
  1. Bell IR, Walsh M, Russek LGS, Schwartz GER. Proposed applications of conventional research concepts and tools to homeopathic clinical research.  J Am Institute Homeopathy 1999; 92(3):111-128.
  1. Bell IR, Bootzin RR, Schwartz GE, Baldwin CM, Ballesteros F. Differing patterns of cognitive dysfunction and heart rate reactivity in chemically-intolerant individuals with and without lifestyle changes.  J Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 1999; 5(2): 3-25.
  1. Baldwin CM, Bell IR, O’Rourke MK. Odor sensitivity and respiratory complaint profiles in a community-based sample with asthma, hay fever, and chemical odor intolerance.  Toxicol Industr Health 1999; 15:403-409.
  1. Taren DL, Tobar M, Hill A, Howell W, Shisslak C, Bell I, Ritenbaugh C. The association of energy intake bias with psychological scores of women.  Eur J Clin Nutr 1999; 53:570-578.
  1. Fernandez M, Schwartz GER, Bell IR. Subjective ratings of odorants by women with chemical sensitivity..  Toxicol Industrial Health 1999 Oct;15(6):577-81.
  1. Schwartz GER, Russek LGS, Bell IR, and Riley D. The plausibility of homeopathy and conventional chemical therapy:  the systemic memory resonance hypothesis.  Med Hypotheses. 2000; 54(4):634-637.
  1. Caspi O, Bell IR, Rychener D, Gaudet TW, Weil AT. The Tower of Babel:  communication and medicine:  an essay on medical education and complementary-alternative medicine.  Arch Int Med 2000; 160:3193-3195.
  1. Kline JP, Schwartz GE, Dikman ZV, Bell IR. Electroencephalographic registration of low concentrations of isoamyl acetate.  Conscious Cogn 2000; 9(1):50-65.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Stoltz E, Walsh BT, Schwartz GER. EEG beta 1 oscillation and sucrose sensitization in fibromyalgia with chemical intolerance. Int J Neuroscience 2001; 108(1-2):31-42.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin, C.M., Stoltz, E., Walsh, B.T., Schwartz, G.E. Concomitant environmental chemical intolerance modifies the neurobehavioral presentation of women with fibromyalgia. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 2001; 9: 3-19.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GE. Sensitization studies in chemically intolerant individuals:  implications for individual difference research.  Annals NY Acad Sci 2001; 933:38-47.
  2. Bell IR, Caspi O, Schwartz GER, Rychener D, Grant KL, Gaudet TW, Maizes V, Weil A. Integrative medicine and systemic outcomes research:  Issues in the emergence of a new model for primary health care.  Arch Int Med 2002; 162:133-140.
  1. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GER. Translating a nonlinear systems theory model for homeopathy into empirical tests.  Alternative Therapies in Health Med 2002; 8(3):58-66.
  2. Kroesen K, Baldwin CM, Brooks AJ, Bell IR. US military veterans perceptions of the conventional medical care system and their use of complementary and alternative medicine.  J Fam Practice 2002; 19:57-64.
  3. Baldwin CM, Long K, Kroesen KW, Brooks AJ, Bell IR. A profile of military veterans in the southwestern US who use complementary and alternative medicine:  implications for integrated care.  Arch Int Med 2002; 162:1697-1704.
  4. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GE, Davidson JRT. Homeopathic Constitutional Type Questionnaire correlates of conventional psychological and physical health scales:  Individual difference characteristics of young adults.  Br Homeopathic J 2002; 91:63-74.
  1. Bell IR, Koithan M, Gorman MM, Baldwin CM. Homeopathic practitioner views of changes in patients undergoing constitutional treatment for chronic disease.  J Alternative Complementary Medicine 2003; 9(1):39-50.
  1. Schneider C, Meek PM, Bell IR. Development and validation of IMAQ:  Integrative Medicine Attitude Questionnaire.  BMC Medical Education 2003; 3:5 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmededuc/).
  1. Bell IR, Cunningham V, Caspi O, Meek P, Ferro L. A new global well-being outcomes rating scale for integrative medicine research. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004; 4(1) http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/4/1.
  1. Maizes, V., Schneider, C, Bell, I, Weil, A, Integrative medical education: development and implementation of a comprehensive curriculum at the University of Arizona. Academic Medicine 2002; 77:851-860.
  1. Bell IR, Lewis D, Brooks AJ, Lewis S, Schwartz GE. Gas discharge visualization evaluation of ultramolecular doses of homeopathic medicines under blinded, controlled conditions. J Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2003; 9(1):25-38.
  1. Baldwin CM, Kroesen K, Trochim W, Bell IR. CAM survey development for US military veterans: concept mapping with an expert panel.  BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004; 4(2): http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmccomplementalternmed/.
  1. Bell IR. Psychiatric aspects of individuals with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Psychiatric Times 2003; 20(1):20-21.
  1. Bell IR. Evidence-based homeopathy: empirical questions and methodological considerations for homeopathic clinical research. Am Journal of Homeopathic Medicine 2003; 96(1):17-31.
  1. Bell IR, Lewis DA II, Brooks AJ, Schwartz GE, Lewis SE, Walsh BT, Baldwin CM. Improved clinical status in fibromyalgia patients treated with individualized homeopathic remedies versus placebo. Rheumatology 2004; 43:577-582.

88.         Bell IR, Lewis DA II, Brooks AJ, Schwartz GE, Lewis SE, Caspi O, Cunningham V, Baldwin CM. Individual differences in response to randomly-assigned active individualized homeopathic and placebo treatment in fibromyalgia: Implications of a double-blind optional crossover design. J Alternative & Complementary Medicine 2004; 10(2):269-283.

  1. Bell IR, Lewis DA II, Schwartz GE, Lewis SE, Caspi O, Scott A, Brooks AJ, Baldwin CM. Electroencephalographic cordance patterns distinguish exceptional clinical responders with fibromyalgia to individualized homeopathic medicines. J Alternative & Complementary Medicine 2004; 10(2):285-299.
  1. Bell IR, Lewis DA II, Lewis SE, Schwartz GE, Scott A, Brooks AJ, Baldwin CM. Electroencephalographic alpha sensitization in individualized homeopathic treatment of fibromyalgia. International Journal of Neuroscience 2004; 114(9):1195-1220.
  1. Caspi O, Sechrest L, Pitluk HC, Marshall CL, Bell IR, Nichter M. On the definition of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine: societal mega-stereotypes vs. the patients’ perspectives. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 2003; 9(6):58-62.
  1. Bell IR. Recent data on homeopathic treatment outcomes and relevant new theories. Roy, R (ed.). Science of Whole Person Healing 2003, volume 2. www.iUniverse.com: iUniversePublishing, 2004, pp. 129-151.
  1. Baldwin CM, Bell IR, Guerra S, Quan SF. Associations between chemical odor intolerance and sleep disturbances in community-living adults. Sleep Medicine 2004; 5:53-59.
  1. Bell IR, Lewis DA, Lewis SE, Brooks AJ, Schwartz GE, Baldwin CM. Strength of vital force in classical homeopathy: bio-psycho-social-spiritual correlates in a complex systems context. J Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2004; 10(1):123-132.
  1. Caspi O, Bell IR. One size does not fit all: aptitude x treatment interaction (ATI) as a conceptual framework for outcome research. Part I. What is ATI research? J Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2004; 10(3):580-586.
  1. Caspi O, Bell IR. One size does not fit all: aptitude x treatment interaction (ATI) as a conceptual framework for outcome research. Part II. Research designs and their application. J Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2004; 10(4):698-705.
  1. McDonough-Means S, Kreitzer MJ, Bell IR. Fostering a healing presence and investigating its mediators. J Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2004; 10 (supplement 1):S25-S41.
  1. Schwartz GE, Swanick S, Sibert W, Lewis DA, Lewis SE, Nelson L, Jain S, Mallory L, Foust L, Moore K, Tussing D, Bell IR. Biofield detection: role of bioenergy awareness training and individual differences in absorption. J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Feb;10(1):167-9.
  1. Bell IR. Diet and nutrition in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias of late life. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 2005; 1(4):299-301.
  1. Bell IR. Depression research in homeopathy: hopeless or hopeful? Homeopathy: Journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy 2005; 94:141-144.
  1. Bell IR. All evidence is equal, but some evidence is more equal than others. Can logic prevail over emotion in the homeopathy debate? Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2005; 11(5):763-9.
  2. Baldwin CM, Bell IR, Guerra S, Quan SF. Obstructive sleep apnea and ischemic heart disease in southwestern US veterans: implications for clinical practice. Sleep Breath. 2005 Sep;9(3):111-8.
  3. Bell IR, Brooks AJ, Baldwin CM, Fernandez M, Figueredo AJ, Witten ML. JP-8 jet fuel exposure and divided attention test performance in 1991 Gulf War veterans. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 2005; 76(12):1136-44.
  1. Roy R, Tiller W, Bell IR, Hoover MR. The Structure of Liquid Water. Novel Insights from Materials Research; Potential Relevance to Homeopathy. Materials Research Innovation 2005; 9-4:577-608.
  1. Bell IR. The homeopathic universe: disease and healing as manifestations of consciousness. Shift. At the Frontiers of Consciousness. March-May (No. 10), 2006, pp. 22-26.
  1. Jain S., Shapiro S., Swanick S., Roesch SC, Mills PJ, Bell .IR, & Schwartz GE.  Mindfulness meditation versus relaxation training: differential effects on response style and psychological distress. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2007; 33(1):11-21.
  1. Baldwin, CM, Bell IR, Giuliano AR, Mays MZ, Arambula P. Differences in Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic White veterans’ homocysteine levels. J  Nursing Scholarship 2007; 39(3):235-42.
  1. Bell IR, Koithan M. Models for the study of whole systems. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2006; 5(4):293-307.
  1. Baldwin AL, Bell IR. Effect of noise on microvascular integrity in laboratory rats. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science 2007; 46(1):58-65.
  1. Bell IR. Adjunctive care with nutritional, herbal, and homeopathic complementary and alternative medicine modalities in stroke treatment and rehabilitation. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 2007; 14(4):30-39.
  2. Elder, C, M Aickin, IR Bell, V Fonnebo, GT Lewith, C Ritenbaugh, and M Verhoef. Methodological Challenges in Whole Systems Research. J Altern Complement Med, 2006. Nov. 12(9): 843-50.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17109574
  3. Koithan M, Bell IR, Caspi O, Ferro L, Brown V. Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of a Consultative Model Integrative Medicine Clinic: A Qualitative Study. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2007; 6(2):174-84.
  1. Koithan M, Verhoef M, Bell IR, Ritenbaugh C, White M, Mulkins A. The process of whole person healing: ‘unstuckness’ and beyond. J Altern Complement Med 2007; 13(6):659-68.
  1. Rao ML, Roy R, Bell IR, Hoover R. The defining role of structure (including epitaxy) in the plausibility of homeopathy. Homeopathy: Journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy; 2007; 96:175-182.
  1. Rao ML, Roy R, Bell I. Characterization of the structure of ultra dilute sols with remarkable biological properties. Materials Letters 2008; 62:1487-90.
  1. Bell IR. The evolution of homeopathic theory-driven research and the methodological toolbox. The American Homeopath 2008; 14:56-74.
  1. Poindexter B, Koithan M, Bell IR. Research into the language of the patient: improving clinical outcomes. The American Homeopath, 2009; 15:51-59.
  1. Menk Otto L, Howerter A, Bell IR, Jackson N. Exploring measures of whole person wellness: integrative well-being and psychological flourishing. Explore 2010; 6(6):364-70.
  1. Bell IR, Howerter A, Jackson N, Aickin M, Baldwin CM, Bootzin RR. Effects of homeopathic medicines on polysomnographic sleep of young adults with histories of coffee-related insomnia. Sleep Medicine 2011; 12(5):505-11.
  1. Brooks AJ, Bell IR, Howerter A, Jackson N, Aickin M. Effects of Homeopathic Medicines on Mood of Adults with Histories of Coffee-Related Insomnia, Forschende Komplementarmedizin 2010; 17(5):250-7.
  1. Bell IR, Brooks AJ, Howerter A, Jackson N, Schwartz GE. Short-term effects of repeated olfactory administration of homeopathic Sulphur or Pulsatilla on electroencephalographic alpha power in healthy young adults. Homeopathy 2011; 100(4):203-11.
  1. Ritenbaugh C, Nichter M, Nichter MA, Kelly KL, Sims CM, Bell IR, Casteneda HM, Elder CR, Koithan MS, Sutherland EG, Verhoef MJ, Warber SL, Coons SJ. Developing a Patient-Centered              Outcome Measure for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies I: Defining Content         and Format. BMC Complement Altern Med 11(135): doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-135
  1. Koithan M, Bell IR, Niemeyer K, Pincus D. A complex systems science perspective for whole systems of CAM research. Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde 2012; 19(Supplement 1):7-14 DOI: 10.1159/000335183.
  1. Bell IR, Koithan M, Pincus D.Research methodological implications of nonlinear dynamical systems models for whole systems of complementary and alternative medicine. Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde 2012; 19(Supplement 1):15-21 DOI: 10.1159/000335181

 

  1. Verhoef M, Koithan M, Bell IR, Ives J, Jonas W. Whole complementary and alternative medical systems and complexity: creating collaborative relationships. Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde 2012; 19(Supplement 1):3-6 DOI: 10.1159/000335179

 

  1. Katerndahl DA, Bell IR, Palmer R, Miller CS, Chemical Intolerance in Primary Care Settings: prevalence, comorbidity, and outcomes. Annals of Family Medicine 2012; 10:357-65.

 

  1. Bell IR, Howerter A, Jackson N, Brooks AJ, Schwartz GE. Multi-week resting EEG cordance change patterns from repeated olfactory activation with two constitutionally-salient homeopathic remedies in healthy young adults. J Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2012; 18(5):445-53.
  1. Bell IR. Homeopathy as systemic adaptational nanomedicine: the nanoparticle-cross-adaptation-sensitization model. American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine 2012; 105(3):116-130.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Koithan M, Brooks AJ. Adaptational nanomedicine and hormesis: homeopathic remedies as nanoparticles and low intensity systemic stressors. The American Homeopath 2012 ( Fall Issue) 18:36-49.
  1. Bell IR, Howerter A, Jackson N, Aickin M, Bootzin RR, Brooks AJ. Nonlinear dynamical systems effects of homeopathic remedies on multiscale entropy and correlation dimension of slow wave sleep EEG in young adults with histories of coffee-induced insomnia. Homeopathy 2012; 101(3):182-92.
  1. Bell IR, Koithan M. A model for homeopathic remedy effects: low dose nanoparticles, allostatic cross-adaptation, and time-dependent sensitization in a complex adaptive system. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012; 12(1):191.
  1. Bell IR, Brooks AJ, Howerter A, Jackson N, Schwartz GE. Acute electroencephalographic effects from repeated olfactory administration of homeopathic remedies in individuals with self-reported chemical sensitivity. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 2013; 19(1):46-57.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE. Adaptive network nanomedicine: an integrated model for homeopathic medicine. Frontiers in Bioscience (Scholar Edition) 2013; 5(2):685-708.
  1. Bell IR, Koithan M, Brooks A. Testing the nanoparticle-allostatic cross adaptation sensitization model for homeopathic remedy effects. Homeopathy 2013; 102:66-81.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Boyer NN, Koithan M, Brooks AJ. Advances in integrative nanomedicine for improving infectious disease treatment in public health. European Journal of Integrative Medicine 2013; 5:126-140.
  1. Bell IR, Boyer NN. Homeopathic medications as clinical alternatives for symptomatic care of acute otitis media and upper respiratory infections in children. Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013; 2(1):32-43.
  1. Bell IR, Ives JA, Jonas WB. Nonlinear effects of nanoparticles: biological variability from hormetic doses, small particle sizes, and dynamic adaptive interactions. Dose Response 2013; 12(2):202-32.
  1. Bell IR, Sarter B, Koithan M, Standish LJ, Banerji P, Banerji P. Nonlinear response amplification mechanisms for low doses of natural product nanomedicines: dynamical interactions with the recipient complex adaptive system. J Nanomed Nanotechnol 2013; 4(4):179.
  1. Bell IR, Sarter B, Koithan M, Banerji P, Banerji P, Jain S, Ives JA. Integrative nanomedicine: treating cancer with nanoscale natural products. Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2014;3(1):36-53.
  1. Niemeyer, K, Bell, I, Koithan, M. Traditional knowledge of Western herbal medicine and complex systems science.Journal of Herbal Medicine 2013; 3(3):112-119.
  1. Bell IR, Sarter B, Standish LJ, Banerji P, Banerji P. Low doses of traditional nanophytomedicines for clinical treatment: manufacturing processes and nonlinear response patterns. J Nanosci Nanotech 2015; 15:4021-38.
  1. Koithan M, Embrey M, Bell IR. Qualitative evaluation of successful homeopathic treatment of individuals with chronic diseases: descriptive phenomenology of patients’ experiences. Journal of Medicine and the Person 2015; 13(1):23-35.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE. Enhancement of adaptive biological effects by nanotechnology preparation methods in homeopathic medicines. Homeopathy 2015; 104(2):123-138.
  1. Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Frye J, Sarter B, Standish LJ. Extending the adaptive network nanomedicine model for homeopathic medicines: nanostructures as salient cell danger signals for adaptation. Nanoscience and Technology: Open Access 2015; 2(1):1-22.
  1. Bell IR, Muralidharan S, Schwartz GE. Nanoparticle characterization of traditional homeopathically-manufactured silver (Argentum Metallicum) medicines and placebo controls. J Nanomed Nanotechnol 2015; 6(4):311.
  1. Bell IR, Muralidharan S, Schwartz GE. Nanoparticle characterization of traditional homeopathically-manufactured Gelsemium sempervirens medicines and placebo controls. J Nanomed Biotherapeutic Discovery 2015; 5(3):1000136.
  1. Dossett ML, Mu L, Davis RB, Bell IR, Lembo AJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Yeh GY. Patient-Provider Interactions Affect Symptoms in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Pilot Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. PloS One 2015; 10(9):e0136855.
  1. Epstein SR, Bell, IR. Homeopathy in the treatment of gastrointestinal conditions in animals: Part 1 – Overview of Homeopathy. J American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association 2016; 43:16-29.
  1. Bell IR. The complexity of the homeopathic healing response Part 1: The role of the body as a complex adaptive system in simillimum-initiated recovery from disease. Homeopathy 2019 Nov 30. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1694998. [Epub ahead of print]. Print version: Homeopathy 2020; 109(2):42-50.
  1. Bell IR. The complexity of the homeopathic healing response Part 2: The role of the homeopathic simillimum as a complex system in initiating recovery from disease. Homeopathy 2019 Nov 30. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1694999. [Epub ahead of print]. Print version: Homeopathy 2020; 109(2):51-64.

Chapters Presenting Original Work

  1. Bell IR. Diet histories in narcolepsy.  In:  Guilleminault C, Dement WC, and Passouant P, eds.  Narcolepsy.  NY: Spectrum, 1976:221-227.
  2. Bell IR. Discriminating between chemical sensitivities and affective disorders.  In Wood T (ed):  Chronic Diseases in Canada.  Proceedings of the Workshop on Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and their Relevance to Psychiatric Disorders.  Ottawa, Ontario:  Mental Health Division, Health Services Directorate Health Programs and Services Branch; Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, 1994, pp. 125-139.

Reviews/Textbook Chapters

  1. Bell IR. Effects of food allergy on the central nervous system.  In:  Brostoff J, Challacombe SJ, eds.  Food allergy and intolerance.  Eastbourne, East Sussex (U.K.): Bailliere Tindall/WB Saunders, 1986:709-721 and 2nd ed, 2002, (chap. 46) pp. 659-670.
  2. Bell IR. Environmental illness and health:  the controversy and challenge of clinical ecology for mind-body health.  Advances 1987; 4(3):45-55.
  3. Bell IR. Vitamin B12 and folate in acute geropsychiatric inpatients.  The Nutrition Report 9(1):1,8.
  4. Bell IR, Gelenberg AJ. Mood disorders.  In:  Rakel RE, eds.  Conn’s Current Therapy.  Philadelphia:  WB Saunders, 1992, pp. 1113-1122.
  5. Bell IR. Depression.  In:  Greene HL, ed.  Decision-Making in Medicine.  Chapter 220.  St. Louis:  CV Mosby, 1993 and 2nd ed, 1998, pp. 548-551.
  6. Bell IR, Gelenberg AJ. Mood disorders.  In:  Rakel RE, eds.  Conn’s Current Therapy.  Philadelphia:  WB Saunders, 1994.
  7. Bell IR. Psychiatric conditions in the elderly.  In:  Greene HL, ed.  Introduction to Clinical Medicine.  2nd ed.  St. Louis:  Mosby Yearbook, 1996, Chap. 169, pp. 692-695.
  8. Sullivan JB, Bell IR, Meggs WJ. Multiple chemical sensitivity and low level chemical intolerance.  In Sullivan JB, Krieger GR (eds).  Clinical Principles of Environmental Health 2nd Ed. Baltimore, MD:  Williams and Wilkins, 2001; Chap. 32, pp. 412-430.
  9. Bell IR, Baldwin CM, Schottenfeld R. Psychologic sequelae of chemical and hazardous materials exposures. In Sullivan JB, Krieger GR (eds).  Clinical Principles of Environmental Health 2nd Ed. Baltimore, MD:  Williams and Wilkins, 2001; Chap. 31, pp. 404-412.
  10. Baldwin CM, Bell IR, Fernandez M, Schwartz GER. Multiple chemical sensitivity.  In Goldman MB, Hatch MC (eds).  Women and Health. NY:  Academic Press, 2000; pp. 1129-1139.
  11. Bell IR. A Guide to Current Psychopharmacological Treatments for Affective Disorders in Older Adults: Anxiety, Agitation, and Depression.  In Duffy M (ed).  Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Older Adults.  NY:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1999, pp.561-576.
  12. Bell IR, Baldwin CM. Multiple chemical sensitivity.  In Bowler RM (ed).  Occupational Medicine Secrets.  Philadelphia, PA:  Hanley and Belfus, Inc., 1999, pp.295-300.
  13. Sorg BA, Bell IR (eds). The Role of Neural Plasticity in Chemical Intolerance.  NY:  NY Academy of Sciences, 2001.
  14. Bell IR, McDonough-Means S. Detoxification.  In Rakel D (ed).  Integrative Medicine.  WB Saunders, 2003, (Chap. 98), pp. 749-757.
  15. Caspi, O, Maizes V, Bell IR. The Integrative Medicine Perspective: Concepts, Clinical Application, Implications for Evidence-Based Practice, and Medical Education. In Spencer J (ed). Complementary/Alternative Medicine. An Evidence-Based Approach (2nd ed). St. Louis, Elsevier, 2002.
  16. Bell IR, Pappas PA. Homeopathy and Psychiatry: Oil and Water, or Potent Mix? In Lake JH and Spiegel D (eds). Clinical Manual of Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health. Chapter 8 Homeopathy. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2006.
  17. Bell IR. On homeopathic research. In Owen D (ed). Principles and Practice of Homeopathy. London: Elsevier, 2007.
  18. Bell IR. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.  In Rakel D (ed).  Integrative Medicine.  2nd ed., Saunders, 2007.
  1. Ullman D, Singer SE, Oberbaum M, Bell IR. Homeopathy for Primary and Adjunctive Cancer Therapy. In Abrams D (ed). Integrative Oncology. Oxford; 2008.
  1. Bell IR. Integrative medicine- incorporating CAM into practice. In Kayne S (ed). Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Pharmacists. Pharmaceutical Press, 2008.
  1. Bell IR, Pappas PA. Homeopathy and its Applications in Psychiatry. In Mischoulon D and Rosenbaum JF (eds). Natural Medications for Psychiatric Disorders: Considering the Alternatives. 2nd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008; pp. 303-320.
  1. Bell IR, Koithan M. The Homeopathic Healing Process, Transformational Outcomes, and the Patient-Provider Relationship,  In CK Johannes and H. van der Zee (ed). Homeopathy in Mental   Healthcare, Homeolinks Publishers, 2010; Chapter 2, pp. 60-68.
  1. Bell IR. Homeopathic medicine and rheumatological disorders. In Horwitz R, Muller D (eds). Integrative Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology. Oxford. University Press, 2010.
  1. Bell IR. Theory driven research in naturopathy. Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine, in press, 2013.
  1. Bell IR. The challenge of scientific study of the vis mediatrix naturae or the vital force. Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine, in press, 2014.
  1. Bell IR. and Baldwin CM. Multiple chemical sensitivity. Chapter 90, in Goldman MB, Troisi R, and Rexrode KM. Women and Health 2nd edition, 2012.
  1. Bell IR. Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (Chapter 30). In Rakel D (ed): Integrative Medicine, 3rd Edition. Elsevier, 2012.
  1. Bell IR. Integrating homeopathy with modern nanomedicine and complex adaptive networks. Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine, in press, 2014.
  1. Cousins J, Bell IR, Bootzin RR. Coffee-related insomnia. In Preedy VR (editor): Coffee in Health and Disease Prevention. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press, 2014.
  1. Bell IR. Phyto-hormetins in a clinical setting. In Rattan SLS, Kyriazis M (editors): Science of Hormesis in Health and Longevity. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press, 2018.
  1. Bell IR. and Baldwin CM. Multiple chemical sensitivity. in Goldman MB, Troisi R, and Rexrode KM. Women and Health 3rd edition, 2024 (in press).

 

Scholarly Monographs

  1. Bell IR. Clinical ecology:  a new medical approach to environmental illness.  Bolinas, California:  Common Knowledge Press, 1982.
  2. Bell IR, Arambula P, McDonough-Means, S, Weil A. White paper:  Detoxification.  Bolinas, California, Commonweal, 2002

 

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