Instructor: James Greenblatt, MD
Aggression and irritability are often dismissed as secondary symptoms of broader psychiatric diagnoses, leaving clinicians with limited treatment options for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in children and adolescents. In this free webinar, Dr. James Greenblatt presents a groundbreaking biologic model for understanding and treating these challenging behaviors through a functional medicine lens. Explore the connections between nutritional deficiencies, metabolic imbalances, and behavioral pathology—while uncovering low-dose lithium’s powerful, evidence-based role in mood stabilization. Gain practical, science-backed strategies to improve patient outcomes with a personalized approach to mental healthcare. Reserve your spot now!
Overview
Current psychiatric models offer today’s practitioner little guidance insofar as 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 webinar, 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 lithium and powerful evidence of low-dose lithium’s clinical utility. Finally, he will present evidence-based recommendations for a functional medicine approach to the treatment of aggression and irritability.
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. He served as the Chief Medical Officer at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA for nearly 20 years, and 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 seven books, including the groundbreaking best-seller, Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD.
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