A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (2 Hours)
Suicide is the observable result of what is often a complex array of problems.  Strong scientific evidence suggests that suicide risk is moderated by underlying biochemical abnormalities and environmental factors, which together can impact brain structure and function. Brain alterations that accrue as a result can place an individual along a path towards tragedy.  In being a phenomenon that science has shown to involve myriad endogenous and exogenous factors, however, suicidality – and psychiatric disorders that confer increased risk – invites an integrative approach that may offer at-risk patients the very best opportunity for recovery.

This three-module course will introduce an integrative model for suicide prevention, one in which the concept of suicidality as the result of underlying biochemical, nutritional, genetic, and environmental factors is explored.  Research illustrating the benefits of nutritional supplementation to mitigate risk factors will be presented; evidence-based interventions will be described; and a treatment approach centered upon objective biologic measurement and a concept of biochemical individuality will be presented.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (3 Hours)
This course offers an immersive look at one of the oldest elements in the known universe – lithium – through an orthomolecular lens, seeking to redefine its association with human health and illuminate its potentials as a treatment for neurologic and psychiatric ailments.  Over two modules, an empirically substantiated rationale for the incorporation of lithium into functional protocols for disorders ranging from depression to Alzheimer’s will be presented, along with guidelines for the safe and effective administration of low-dose nutritional lithium.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD & Arwen Podesta, MD (4 Hours)
This course, co-taught by Dr. James Greenblatt and Dr. Arwen Podesta, examines the biology underlying the phenomenon of addiction and integrative functional medicine strategies for addiction treatment. It explores exogenous and intrinsic alterations to the brain’s reward pathway, the role of serotonin and dopamine in reinforcing addiction, genetic influences in addiction susceptibility, and the ways in which psychosocial factors can precipitate abnormal neurobiology. From this functional perspective, the course then explores evidence- based interventions to support addiction recovery, ranging from medications and targeted nutritional supplementation to meditation, yoga, and acupuncture.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (3 Hours)
4.0 CME credits
Scientific evidence confirms ADHD to be a neurologic, brain-based disorder represented by numerous biological abnormalities.  What is observable as atypical behavior is merely the tip of an iceberg that extends down to an individual’s unique biochemical makeup. Certain nutritional imbalances, which can profoundly impact cognition and behavior, are significantly correlated with this common disorder. Health-care practitioners, however, often overlook diet, micronutrient status, and individual biochemistry in ADHD treatment and assessment.

Fortunately, addressing nutritional imbalances with an integrative treatment plan has proven effective in treating ADHD.  This three-module course will introduce Dr. Greenblatt’s breakthrough Plus/Minus plan for ADHD and provide a comprehensive overview of the biochemistry ‘beneath’ the disorder.  Dietary interventions and augmentation strategies for the mitigation of specific nutrient deficiencies will be reviewed, as well as recommendations for going “beyond biochemistry” to enhance treatment outcomes.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (3 hours)
4 CME credits
Join Dr. James Greenblatt has he dives into the complex pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa (AN) and presents a clinically proven functional medicine model for testing, treatment, and support. This 3-module course examines intrinsic and exogenous factors that can impact metabolism, neurotransmission, and cognition, and together coalesce a robust, empirically validated biologic model of AN pathogenesis. Registrants will learn functional and integrative strategies to address underlying biochemical imbalances and appetite dysregulation, therapeutic steps critical to the lasting success of any personalized AN treatment program.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (4 Hours)
5.0 CME credits
This four-module course provides clinicians of all specialties with a comprehensive introduction to Dr. Greenblatt’s integrative model for the treatment of anxiety disorders.  Following an empirically substantiated rationale for the de-prioritization of symptom classification, and a step away from pharmaceutical approaches that overlook causality, the viability of a functional medicine approach will be elucidated through objective reviews of recent studies that show anxiety to be associated with nutritional deficiencies, neurotransmitter dysfunction, systemic inflammation, and other endogenous factors.  The mechanisms through which these factors affect changes in cognition and behavior will be explored, with an emphasis on the practical ramifications of biochemical individuality.  Guidelines for testing will be offered alongside specific nutritional interventions to address anxiogenic physiology, and complementary strategies to support integrative treatments – such as exercise, yoga, and herbal supplements – will be reviewed.  Upon completion, registrants will be able to implement evidence-based integrative methods into clinical protocols and maximize therapeutic outcomes for patients in need.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (2 hours)
This two-module course taught by Dr. James Greenblatt explores the clinical challenges of treating Binge-Eating Disorder and illuminates an evidence-based functional medicine model for treatment. The New Hope Model integrates lab testing, nutritional supplementation, dietary modifications, and medication, and targets biochemical pathways that regulate appetite, allowing clinicians to address imbalances that perpetuate hunger and cravings and bring patients back into balance.

A Course by Dr. James Greenblatt & Dr. Peter Bongiorno (3 hours)
This 3-module course illuminates a cutting-edge functional medicine paradigm for the treatment of one of psychiatry’s most challenging presentations. Elucidating an evidence-based approach inclusive of multiple treatment tiers – medication, testing-informed nutritional interventions, and natural therapies – this course provides registrants with a cohesive paradigm for the successful treatment of bipolar disorder.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (3 hours)
This three-module course illuminates a novel paradigm for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline based upon biomarker testing and preventative neuroprotection. It explores biologic and environmental variables that influence the trajectory of Alzheimer’s pathogenesis, and presents evidence-based interventions to mitigate biologic risk, support neuronal viability, and optimize long-term cognitive health.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (4 Hours)
5.0 CME credits
This course is intended for clinicians of all specialties who seek to redefine the model by which they characterize, assess, and treat depressive illness.  Through four separate modules, an integrative functional medicine model of depression will be introduced, one in which depression is understood to arise from underlying biologic abnormalities associated with nutritional, metabolic, genetic, and environmental factors.  Recommendations for the implementation of testing and augmentation strategies will provided alongside research elucidating the roles that key nutrients play in maintaining neurologic health, providing registrants with evidence-based, integrative strategies that can be incorporated into existing therapeutic protocols.

This Enduring Material activity, Integrative Medicine for Depression, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 5.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians.  AAFP certification begins 09/01/2019.  Term of approval is for one year from this date.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (3 Hours)
This three-module course evaluates irritability, anger, self-injury, and aggression from an integrative functional medicine perspective, illuminating key biochemical imbalances that can exacerbate these destructive and potentially dangerous behavioral phenomena. Focusing on the biologic mechanisms through which intrinsic and environmental factors may precipitate aggression, it also explores evidenced-based strategies for testing and integrative treatments such as nutritional supplementation, mindfulness and meditation practices, phytochemicals, and yoga.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (2 Hours)
This course offers practitioners a functional medicine model for the reduction and elimination of side-effects in patients taking psychotropic drugs.  Registrants will be provided with an overview of pharmaceutical use in mainstream psychiatry, and the unprecedented steps some patients are now taking in order to get themselves off medication.  A rationale for the implementation of a slow taper, secondary to an integrative assessment per THE ZEEEBRA approach, will be presented as a protocol for discontinuation and the elimination of withdrawal effects.  Thereafter, nutritional and herbal interventions for the amelioration of medication-induced weight gain and sexual dysfunction will be reviewed. Gene variants associated with medication-induced weight gain will be discussed, and the clinical utility of gene testing for minimizing weight-related side-effects will be elucidated.  Finally, tardive dyskinesia (TD) will be explored: biologic factors linked to its pathogenesis, mainstream treatment options, and the demonstrated superiority of integrative approaches for symptom resolution.  Nutritional interventions with a proven track record of success in eliminating TD will be introduced, along with Dr. Greenblatt’s recommendations for dosing and titration.  The course will conclude with an open-minded discussion about the role medications can and should play in today’s functional medicine practice, and a clarification of psychiatry’s most fundamental objectives in addressing mental illness safely, effectively, and ethically.

A Course by James Greenblatt, MD (5 Hours)
Schizophrenia is a variable and multifactorial mental disorder producing a spectrum of symptoms ranging from odd but harmless behavioral abnormalities to full psychosis.  Such dynamic symptomatic presentations, in tandem with research supporting a biological model of schizophrenia pathogenesis and pathophysiology, invite functional medicine treatment approaches that emphasize biochemical individuality and the mitigation of etiologic risk factors.

This five-module course incorporates the classical theories of orthomolecular medicine into modern nutritional psychiatry, presenting decades of research evidence supporting the utility and efficacy of integrated approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia.  Micronutrient deficiencies, toxic neurochemical aggregations, systemic inflammation, and other etiologic factors will be elucidated in regard to the mechanisms through which they precipitate neurologic dysfunction, and addressed through comprehensive functional medicine protocols for use in clinical practice.

A Course by Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc (1 Hour)
Presented by naturopathic physician Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc, and intended for healthcare practitioners, this two-part educational series devoted to adaptogens will focus on the history of adaptogens in medicine, the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of adaptogens, and recommendations for clinical intake and lab testing to inform adaptogen protocols for psychiatric illness.

A Course by Ralph Carson, LD, RD, PhD
The use of humor and laughter in psychotherapy has great potential in a treatment setting, especially for eating disorders. Laughter provides levity in broaching sensitive topics, stimulating insights, diffusing anger, and relating to patients in a more intimate way. The intention of this course is to communicate the value of bringing humor into the therapy session, to provide an assortment of skills and tools to implement humor; and to promote humor as a technique for achieving recovery in the eating disorder population.

A Course by Jessica Perley, ARNP, FNP (1.5 Hours)
An exclusive course for PR Fellows & All-Access Subscribers

Learn about the OAT test, application in individualized medicine, how bio-individuality underlays practical application of biomedical testing, & discover what enzymatic pathways are involved with OAT measurements.

A Course by Stasha Gominak, MD
This course will give you a new perspective on how and why headaches occur. Learn about the brainstem anatomy and physiology that inexorably link sleep and headache. Every person with frequent headaches has a treatable sleep disorder in the background and improved sleep can have a significant impact on headache, making it not just treatable, but curable.

A Course by Judith Pentz, MD (1 Hour)
In this one-module course, Dr. Judith E. Pentz explores the role of micronutrients in mental health through the lens of cutting-edge scientific research, expanding horizons for the . treatment of psychiatric and neurologic disorders such as ADHD, OCD and depression. After elucidating current models for the pharmacodynamics of key micronutrients, Dr. Pentz presents research evidence supporting the efficacy of broad-spectrum micronutrient formulas as part of a personalized approach for mental health treatment.

A Webinar by Jessica Perley ARNP, FNP-C (.5 Hours)
Learn how to differentiate heavy metals, essential elements and common patterns in hair analysis that are associated with psychiatric disorders.

A Course by Peter Bongiorno, MD (2.5 Hours)
In this course, Dr. Bongiorno will take you through each major hormone, and connect each to neurotransmitter balance, stress response, and relationship to other hormones. He describes how different hormone scenarios can be effectively treated using naturopathic and functional medicine modalities, and you will obtain a clear understanding of hormonal balancing remedies you can use with your next patient.

A Course by Jonathan Prousky, ND, RP
In this three-part module course for clinicians of all specialties, Dr. Prousky, makes a case for moderating stress and anxiety symptoms by using a pragmatic treatment philosophy – derived from contemporary stress and neurobiological research – to support enhanced clinical outcomes. Protocols to treat stress and common anxiety disorders will enable you to maximize therapeutic interventions for your patients.

Course Bundle by William Shaw, PhD
Presented by William Shaw, PhD, the founder of Great Plains Laboratory and a board-certified clinical chemist and toxicologist, these four courses will delve into the exciting field of biomedical analysis, and explore how objective laboratory testing for metabolic, nutritional, and toxic factors can help clinicians maximize therapeutic potentials in integrative functional medicine practice.

A Course by Dan Kinderlehrer, MD
Lyme disease is an infection caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium. It is transmitted by the Ixodes tick and can generate multisystem complaints; these tick-borne infections often cause a host of psychiatric issues. In this course by Dr. Dan Kinderlehrer you’ll learn about the mental health disorders associated with lyme and tick-borne infections, their pathogenesis, clinical manifestations that lead a practitioner to suspect an underlying organic etiology, as well as testing.

A Course by Ralph Carson, LD, RD, PhD
Over the last decade, new and improved brain imaging techniques have opened up novel opportunities to provide insight into what hope is and how therapy, nutrition, and drugs can catalyze the recovery process. Using a neuroscientific model, this unique course combines research and clinical knowledge with a patient’s perspective to demonstrate how hope is real, tangible, and even required in eating disorder recovery. An informative as well as entertaining presentation, this course provides a practical, neuroscientific explanation of hope, as well as concrete tools for helping clients to achieve lasting recovery.

A Course by Ralph Carson, LD, RD, PhD
Insomnia is one of the most common sleep issues related to trauma. More severe and persistent sleep disorders are associated with PTSD, and both are predominant in the eating disorder and mood and anxiety population. This course will provide an unlikely and underutilized treatment for trauma/PTSD and expound on the sleep dysregulation that trauma generates, covering exposure response prevention (ERP), relaxation therapy (ERRT), cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBT-I), pharmacological therapy, and much more.

A Course by Ralph Carson, LD, RD, PhD
There has been increasing interest in the role of oxytocin in the development, maintenance and pathophysiology eating disorders. Oxytocin alters neural pathways that exert prosocial effects and modulates trust, fear, depression, anxiety, trauma, and neuroplasticity. Research supports the hormone reduces unconscious tendencies to focus on food, body shape and negative emotions. This course explores the potential of exogenous and endogenous oxytocin to improve the outcomes of eating disorder treatment.

A Course by Dan Kinderlehrer, MD
This course describes the clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, laboratory evaluation, and treatment protocols for patients with PANS. It will also detail clinical studies performed by Dr. Kinderlehrer that suggest this is a widespread problem.

A Course by Ralph Carson, LD, RD, PhD
It has only recently come to light the importance of sleep in expediting the recovery process for mental health and eating disorders, and its role in relapse prevention. Sleep is the time during which the brain heals. Therefore, not only is it important that one gets enough sleep, but the quality of that sleep is a key to long term recovery. This course addresses the challenges of sleep and therapeutic intervention that will assist those who treat mental health disorders and disordered eating.

Exclusive Conference Lectures from 2017 (5 lectures)
Held in Manchester, NH in 2017, the “New England Conference on ADHD” features a number of today’s most prominent experts on functional and integrative psychiatry. This webinar includes five lectures, including the Q & A portion, on the subject of functional medicine approaches to ADHD.

A Course by Jacob Teitelbaum, MD (9 Hours)
In his 30 years of clinical experience treating CFS/FMS, and in his landmark published research on CFS/FMS (published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), Dr. Teitelbaum has found that his S.H.I.N.E.® approach is successful in the vast majority of patients. S.H.I.N.E.® identifies five key areas related to the body that, when addressed in combination, provide a blueprint for promoting optimal energy. Tending to these can help you maintain healthy energy levels when you are well, and can help support recovery when dealing with CFS and fibromyalgia.