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Presenter: James Greenblatt, MD
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Date: April 3, 2025 at 8:00pm EST
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Format: 1 hour live lecture
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Registration: FREE
Current psychiatric models offer today’s practitioners little guidance for understanding and treating Disruptive Behavior Disorders – characterized by abnormally high levels of aggression and irritability – in child and adolescent patients. While acknowledged as symptoms of established diagnoses such as depression and bipolar disorder, aggression and irritability are frequently neglected as psychiatric phenomena in their own right.
In this presentation, Dr. Greenblatt will introduce a well-studied biologic model of Disruptive Behavior Disorders from a functional medicine standpoint, and discuss mechanisms through which specific nutritional, metabolic, and biochemical factors can elicit behavioral pathology. He will review scientific research supporting associations between discrete biologic imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, and aggression/irritability, with a key focus on the established mood-stabilizing properties of low-dose lithium. Finally, he will present evidence-based recommendations for a functional medicine approach to the treatment of aggression and irritability.
Dr. Greenblatt will also be answering attendee questions and discussing our upcoming Certified Pediatric Fellowship in Functional & Integrative Psychiatry. Come with questions!
About James Greenblatt, MD
A trailblazer in the field of functional and integrative psychiatry, James M. Greenblatt, MD, has treated thousands of patients since 1988. After receiving his medical degree and completing his psychiatry residency, Dr. Greenblatt completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School. For nearly 20 years he served as the Chief Medical Officer at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA; he currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine. Dr. Greenblatt has lectured internationally on the scientific evidence for functional and nutritional interventions for and mental illness. He is the Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Psychiatry Redefined, the leading continuing education platform for mental health providers; and the author of eight books, including the groundbreaking best-seller, Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD.
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