LEARN HOW TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF DEPRESSION
Join James Greenblatt, MD—renowned functional medicine pioneer, bestselling author, and founder—for a comprehensive and root-cause integrative psychiatric training. The Functional Medicine for Depression Training is designed for providers who are ready to go beyond traditional psychiatry and learn to treat depression in a holistic and personalized manner.
Functional Medicine for Depression Training
LEARN HOW TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF DEPRESSION
Join James Greenblatt, MD—renowned functional medicine pioneer, bestselling author, and founder—for a comprehensive and root-cause integrative psychiatric training. The Functional Medicine for Depression Training is designed for providers who are ready to go beyond traditional psychiatry and learn to treat depression in a holistic and personalized manner.
Depression is not simply sadness. It is a complex condition frequently fueled by biological, hormonal, nutritional, and metabolic imbalances. Traditional psychiatric treatment fails to address these imbalances, applying a one-size-fits-all model that doesn’t account for the unique biochemistry of each patient.
The Functional Medicine for Depression Training offers mental health providers a personalized, clinical perspective on treatment that goes beyond medication. Led by James Greenblatt, MD—psychiatrist, educator, and founder of Psychiatry Redefined—you’ll discover the science behind his groundbreaking new book, Finally Hopeful, helping you to see depression through a new lens.
Learn how to treat the root causes of depression with evidence-based protocols that address nutrition, body chemistry, metabolism, genetics, hormones, food sensitivities, stress, and more. Providers will gain whole-person treatment protocols to help patients restore balance and achieve lasting recovery.
PROGRAM START & TRAINING DATES: The training begins March 10, 2026. Live sessions are scheduled for March 10, 17 and 24, 2026.
THIS INTENSIVE TRAINING IS IDEAL FOR: Mental health providers such as psychiatrists, nurses and nurse practitioners, physicians (NDs, MDs, DOs), therapists, psychologists, pediatricians, physician assistants, and other mental health clinicians
PROGRAM FORMAT: Self-paced curriculum with three (3) live, online sessions providing live faculty guidance and trainee Q&A time (available as recordings for those unable to attend)
ACCREDITATION: 5.0 Credits (CME, CPE, CNE, AAPA, AANP, CPE for Dietitians, ASWB, APA, Participation)
PROGRAM LENGTH: 3 weeks to complete and 6 months access to training material
ENROLLMENT FEE: $399
This will change the way I address depression with patients forever!
~ Samantha H.
Very informative and educational. Learning that micro- and macro-nutrients play a large role in mental health is eye-opening and makes me wonder why they do not talk about this during all the formal education we take.
~ Nona R
Authoritative and practical. This is excellent and should be required for every clinician in the functional and integrative sphere.
~ Jonathan M.
Training Basics & What’s Included
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
Learn about key imbalances and deficiencies in depression; advanced functional testing protocols and repletion/supplementation strategies; whole-body care approaches; and how to support your patients from the inside out.
ELIGIBILITY
Mental health providers such as psychiatrists, nurses and nurse practitioners, physicians (NDs, MDs, DOs), therapists, psychologists, pediatricians, physician assistants, and other mental health clinicians
TRAINING STRUCTURE
Combined live and recorded online curriculum featuring 5+ hours of recorded curriculum and 3+ hours of live faculty guidance. Self-paced study. Accessible from any device.
FACULTY MENTORING
Yes, join Dr. James Greenblatt and Dr. Ana Ivkovic for three (3) live sessions offering direct instruction and faculty mentoring.
ACCREDITATION
5.0 Credits (CME, CPE, CNE, AAPA, AANP, CPE for Dietitians, ASWB, APA, Participation)
ENROLLMENT & TUITION
Enroll here.
Tuition: $399
ACCESS
6 months of access to all online curriculum from program start date (March 10, 2026)
RECOMMENDED READING
Finally Hopeful by James Greenblatt, MD
“Finally Hopeful is a groundbreaking book that redefines how we understand and treat depression.”– Mark Hyman, MD
In his new book, Finally Hopeful, Dr. Greenblatt provides foundational knowledge for the Functional Medicine for Depression Training. You’ll learn practical and scientific strategies to optimize nutrient intake, balance hormones, support neurotransmitters, and address the various physical factors that influence mood. Faculty will expand upon the concepts in this book, delivering clinical guidance for real patient cases, and offering providers clinical pearls and key insights for enhanced treatment.
What You’ll Learn in this Training
Led by Dr. James Greenblatt and Dr. Ana Ivkovic, this training will help clinicians of all specialties become adept in identifying and assessing the biological abnormalities—nutritional, metabolic, and environmental factors—that underlie the diagnosis of depression in patients.
Employing a model of functional medicine, you will learn the diagnostic tests you should be running on patients, the role key nutrients play in maintaining neurological health, and biologic treatment protocols that can be easily incorporated into your practice. You’ll gain specific treatment strategies and a solid roadmap for helping to prevent and treat depression.
This training will help you expand your knowledge and skills for treating depression with personalized treatment approaches. You will learn:
- How to identify the root causes of depression to move you beyond conventional psycho-pharmacological treatment
- The key patho-physiological drivers of depression from a functional medicine perspective, including nutritional deficiencies, inflammation and metabolic abnormalities
- How to test, analyze and address unique biological imbalances through appropriate functional lab tests
- How to formulate a personalized, integrative treatment plan for depression that incorporates targeted nutritional supplementation and lifestyle interventions
- How to assess the impact of common clinical scenarios on nutrient status and mood
Clinical Mentoring & Support
Get direct faculty mentorship and clinical guidance during three (3) live, hands-on sessions conducted by Psychiatry Redefined faculty, James Greenblatt, MD, and Ana Ivkovic, MD. Each online session is led with practical application in mind, focusing on clinical skills and concepts that can be immediately implemented with your patients. These sessions begin with a short presentation by faculty, and then allow for collaborative case discussions with faculty and peers, where you can exchange clinical insights and navigate challenging, real-world cases. Attendance is encouraged but not required for live sessions, and all sessions are recorded for later viewing.
Live Sessions with Faculty
- March 10th at 8pm ET: Macronutrients, Proteins, Fats and Carbohydrates with James Greenblatt MD
- March 17th at 8pm ET: Micronutrients: Vitamins (B & D) and Minerals (Mg, Zn) with Ana Ivkovic MD
- March 24th at 8pm ET: Lithium Orotate and Q&A with James Greenblatt MD
Clinician-Led Education & Guidance
James Greenblatt, MD
James Greenblatt, MD, is is a pioneer in functional and integrative psychiatry and a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist who has been treating patients since 1988. He serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. An internationally recognized speaker on nutritional interventions in mental health, Dr. Greenblatt has authored nine books, including his newest, Finally Hopeful, and the best-sellers Finally Focused, Answers to Anorexia, and Nutritional Lithium: A Cinderella Story. In 2019, Dr. Greenblatt founded Psychiatry Redefined, the leading educational platform designed to transform psychiatric care through integrative, personalized and evidence-based approaches to treatment. Psychiatry Redefined bridges critical knowledge gaps for mental health professionals, providing a new hope for mental health care.
Ana Ivkovic, MD
Ana Ivkovic, MD, is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical interests center on psychiatric disorders in patients with medical illness and the role of nutrition and other lifestyle variables on brain health. She has authored multiple book chapters and articles related to mental health and is the co-author of The Science of Stress (University of Chicago Press, 2016) where she outlines the role of nutrition on brain health and the impact of stress on women’s mental health. She has studied with the Institute for Functional Medicine and the School of Applied Functional Medicine.
As a clinician, Ana has seen firsthand the lifesaving potential of psychiatric medications and fully appreciates medications are frequently an important part of one’s recovery. However, she is also keenly aware of the limitations of this approach, which can far-too-often feel like an uphill battle when key upstream, multifactorial contributors to mood and anxiety symptoms are not addressed.
Join us to learn evidence-based protocols to help your patients find wellness from the inside out.
Tuition Details:
$399
Enrollment grants access to all training curriculum for 6 months from program start date. This training is designed for clinicians and mental health providers. All refunds must be requested within seven (7) days of enrollment. In order to qualify for a refund, learners must have progressed through less than 10% of the educational content in question. All refunds will be processed minus a 10% transaction fee.
