Nutritional Psychiatry Training for Clinicians & Professionals
Research has been loud and clear for decades: nutrition plays a pivotal role in brain health. By addressing nutritional imbalances, we can significantly influence mental health outcomes.
In this nutritional psychiatry training course led by Dr. James Greenblatt, you’ll gain research-backed interventions and tools to identify key nutritional deficiencies, bridge the gap between biology and psychology, and facilitate real, lasting recovery. Join us and take the next step in elevating your clinical expertise while providing your patients with the personalized care they’re seeking.
PROGRAM FORMAT: A self-paced training course with three guided lectures
ENROLLMENT FEE: $499 Special rate of $189!
ACCREDITATION: 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
WHO SHOULD ENROLL: Ideal for psychiatrists, clinicians (MD/DO), nurses and nurse practitioners, therapists, physicians and physician assistants, naturopathic physicians, dietitians, nutritional experts, and other health and mental health professionals who treat eating disorders, or want to expand their knowledge and skills in this area
Questions about this training course and how it fits with your clinical goals? Email education@psychiatryredefined.org to learn more.
What You Will Learn in The Fundamentals of Nutritional Psychiatry Course
- The Science Behind Nutritional Psychiatry: Explore the latest research linking nutritional imbalances to mental illness, and learn how targeted nutritional interventions can optimize brain function and improve patient outcomes. Discover the biological mechanisms by which key nutrients like vitamin D, B12, folate, lithium, and magnesium influence neurotransmitter synthesis and mental health.
- Assessing and Treating Nutritional Deficiencies: Gain the skills to identify common nutritional deficiencies in psychiatric patients accurately. Learn how to implement evidence-based, nutritional-repletion strategies that address these imbalances, helping your patients recover and thrive.
- Real-World Integration: Learn from pioneering psychiatrist, James Greenblatt, MD, who has successfully incorporated Nutritional Psychiatry into patient treatment for decades. This course will offer you the practical knowledge and clinical pearls needed to confidently integrate these strategies into your practice.
Expert Clinical Guidance
Join Dr. Greenblatt to examine key nutritional psychiatry protocols in three exclusive training lectures. These lectures provide a foundation in nutrition for mental health treatment, and feature Q&A sessions reviewing real patient cases. Each lecture is led with practical application in mind, focusing on clinical concepts to ensure that the knowledge you gain can be immediately implemented with your patients.
Nutrition & Brain Function
Delve into the intricate connections between essential nutrients and brain function. This session introduces Nutritional Psychiatry as a new model for mental healthcare that prioritizes nutrition as a critical factor in optimizing brain health and improving psychiatric interventions.
Key Vitamins: D, B12 & Folate
Learn about the critical roles of vitamin D, B12, and folate in mental health. Discover how deficiencies in these vitamins can contribute to mental illness and how evidence-based supplementation can make a significant impact on patient recovery.
Key Minerals: Nutritional Lithium & Magnesium
Explore the therapeutic benefits of nutritional, low-dose lithium and magnesium, two minerals that are underutilized in traditional psychiatric care. Learn how to assess and correct deficiencies to support neuroprotection, mood stabilization, and overall mental health.
Accreditation Information
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• CME Information
Fundamentals of Nutritional Psychiatry
Start date: October 17, 2024
End date: October 16, 2026
OVERVIEW
This groundbreaking and research-driven primer in Nutritional Psychiatry, presented by Dr. James Greenblatt, will provide the foundational knowledge and understanding necessary for clinicians to incorporate proven, evidence-based nutritional strategies into practice to enhance patient outcomes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explore the association of negative mental health outcomes with ultra processed foods
- Examine the relationship between vitamin D, depression and suicide
- Describe the effects of omega-3 deficiency and omega-3 supplementation on mental health
- Explain the interrelationship between mental health, homocysteine and B vitamins
- Summarize the mental health benefits of low-dose lithium
- Describe the clinical relevance of magnesium deficiency and magnesium supplementation for mental health
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of MedicusCME and Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources, Inc. MedicusCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DESIGNATION STATEMENT
MedicusCME designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
COURSE FORMAT/MEDIUM: Internet enduring activity
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY: 3.0 hours
HOW TO CLAIM CREDIT
In order to receive AMA PRA Category 1 credit™, participants must do the following:
- Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures.
- Participate in the activity by experiencing course content and learning strategies, and any resources and support materials, if provided.
- Complete the post-test and activity evaluation.
- Achieve a score of 80% or higher on the post-test.
FACULTY CONTENT EXPERT
James Greenblatt, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Services
Walden Behavioral Care, Waltham, Massachusetts
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
MedicusCME requires instructors, planners, managers, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies over the previous 24 months. All identified financial relationships are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to MedicusCME policy.
James Greenblatt, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with Pure Encapsulations, Jaymac Pharmaceuticals and Fullscript for his role as consultant. All other faculty and planners, as well as MedicusCME planners and managers, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This activity is not supported by funds from an ACCME-defined ineligible company.
HIPPA COMPLIANCE ATTESTATION
In accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), this educational activity, especially when utilizing patient cases for learning demonstration, will not include individually identifiable health information.
DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Gain a clinical toolkit to address key nutritional imbalances for mental health treatment, plus get:
- The skills to accurately assess and treat nutritional deficiencies common in psychiatric patients
- Personalized, evidence-based strategies for nutritional repletion
- Foundational knowledge and understanding of the biological mechanisms linking nutrition to brain function
- The latest research linking nutritional imbalances and mental illness, as well as studies demonstrating the efficacy of nutritional interventions
- Insight on how to efficiently and effectively incorporate nutritional psychiatry strategies into your practice
- Invaluable mentorship from Dr. Greenblatt and real case examination
Clinician-Led Education
Discover a wealth of research-backed instruction developed and led by Dr. James Greenblatt, a psychiatrist with decades of clinical experience in functional medicine and nutritional psychiatry.
James Greenblatt, MD
A pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, James M. Greenblatt, MD, has treated patients since 1988. After receiving his medical degree and completing his psychiatry residency at George Washington University, Dr. Greenblatt completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Dr. Greenblatt served as the Chief Medical Officer at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA for nearly 20 years, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine.
An acknowledged integrative medicine expert, educator, and author, Dr. Greenblatt has lectured internationally on the scientific evidence for nutritional interventions in psychiatry and mental illness. Through three decades of practice and research, Dr. Greenblatt is a leading contributor to helping physicians and patients understand the role of personalized medicine for mental illness.
Read More
He is the author of eight books, including the best-seller, Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD. His updated edition of Answers to Anorexia was released in October 2021 and his newest book, Functional & Integrative Medicine for Antidepressant Withdrawal is available now.
Dr. Greenblatt is the founder of Psychiatry Redefined, an educational platform dedicated to the personalized, evidence-based treatment of mental health. Psychiatry Redefined offers continuing online education, CME-approved courses, webinars, and a professional Fellowship in functional and integrative medicine for mental illness. To learn more, please visit www.JamesGreenblattMD.com.
Enroll now and learn breakthrough nutritional interventions to transform patient outcomes.
Tuition Details
Regular training rate: $499
Save $300 and enroll for only $189!
This online training course consists of three guided lectures, along with 12 months of access to all online material. 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.
Questions? Please email education@psychiatryredefined.org.
