A persistent, whole-person state of physical, psychological, and spiritual dysfunction marked by loss (interest, energy, meaning, motivation, sleep, appetite, focus, and emotional variability) that impairs one’s capacity to engage with life processes.

In previous blogs, I expanded on some of the key tools used in Integrative Psychiatry. Medications, nutraceuticals, body system optimization, and psychotherapy are all effective strategies to improve psychological health and wellbeing.

Psychiatric genetic testing provides a wealth of information that can be used to inform treatment options. This reduces the “trial and error" approach to mental health treatment and may reveal some of the root causes of psychiatric illness.

Explore how Integrative Psychiatry brings more objectivity into considering treatment options through advanced laboratory and diagnostic testing.

Pharmaceutical (drugs) and nutraceuticals (herbals, botanicals, and supplements) can be used to treat psychiatric symptoms.