INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
An integrative approach for mental health and care means looking at the whole person. We generally meet with you for a longer time than most practitioners. We want to hear your story. We are interested in looking at healing from a functional, spiritual, physical, social, and emotional wellness perspective. As a patient you receive the benefits of integration of conventional biomedical methods with Complimentary, Alternative and Functional Medicine combined.
An integrative evaluation includes:
Whole body approach
Whole self-assessment
Interdisciplinary fields
Collaboration across disciplines
Dietary interventions
Laboratory Analysis & Genomics
Self-Care
Emphasizes the healing relationship.
Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Explores:
Nutritional deficiencies
Drug interactions on nutritional status:
Antipsychotic drugs and some antidepressants cause metabolic syndrome.
Statins depletes the body of coenzyme Q10 affects heart & energy, melatonin use by children.
Alternatives to pharmaceuticals or optimizing with nutrition.
Food Allergies, sensitivities; effects of gluten on depression & psychosis
Infections, toxicities, and genetic disorders
Individual’s unique genetic, biochemical & nutritional status
Provides individualized treatment plans.