A survey was conducted among psychiatrists to reveal trends in their recommendations of herbal remedies for psychiatric illnesses. Specific questions addressed the percentage of patients to which three herbals (St. Johns Wort, Ginkgo, and Valerian) were recommended, indications for their usage and, when applicable, reasons why herbals were not recommended. The responses (24% response rate) showed that most psychiatrists surveyed did not recommend herbal products (for legal reasons, effectiveness and unfamQarity issues; not for safety reasons); and those that did recommend herbals did so to only a minority of their patients. Indications were fairly herb-specific, with St. Johns Wort used mainly for depression, Ginkgo for cognitive problems, and Valerian for insomnia.