Integrative Psychiatry
Integrative Psychiatry recognizes your unique biochemistry and nutritional needs.
Integrative Psychiatry is a specialized program of Functional Medicine that works to restore optimal health and vitality. The practice of Integrative Psychiatry is based on five core beliefs:
- Focusing on each individual’s unique personality, environment, and metabolism
- Caring for the whole patient, not just treating the disease
- Understanding the human body 's interconnections
- Restoring health instead of simply reducing symptoms
- Increasing the body's nutrient reserves to promote long-term health
Integrative Psychiatry recognizes each patient’s unique biochemical make-up. By focusing on the individual, Integrative Psychiatry can often produce improvement and encourage healing where traditional, symptom-based treatments have failed.
Integrative Psychiatry is Based on Nutrition and Biochemistry
Most modern psychiatry is based on psychopharmacology, with little focus on the individuality of each patient. The process of finding the right medication can be lengthy and frustrating. CPR offers a different, biologically-based approach to mental health and medication selection.
The CPR approach is grounded in biochemistry and brain science. It combines findings from the fields of nutrition and medicine to provide comprehensive, individualized treatment for mental illness. Instead of concentrating on the disease, Integrative Psychiatry focuses on who you are and how your unique biochemistry may affect your health and psychiatric symptoms.