Depression, anxiety, and ADD are epidemic in western societies, and five years of peer-reviewed studies conclude that medication and talk therapy alone will leave the majority of people inadequately treated. Clearly, new paradigms and treatments are needed. This web conference will present a comprehensive model, based on published clinical and basic science research, that will support the expansion of our clinical perspective to encompass multiple dimensions of physical—and mental—well-being.
We’ll explore what it means to treat the “whole” person, starting with an examination of the root causes of depression, anxiety, and ADD. Dr. Hedaya will focus on the role of body systems and functions, such as digestion, nutrition, hormones, and immunity, with regards to these disorders, and the way they complement the psychosocial and spiritual systems. We will review basic tools that you can use in your practice to identify those whose physiology is playing a role in their mental health. You will be coached in easy and effective techniques that, while doing no harm, often work to help normalize the body systems that affect mental health. We’ll look at case histories to demonstrate how to put these ideas into action, and you’ll leave with new knowledge and specific written tools to get people on track to better health with less medicine.
This web conference is beginning instructional level and designed to help clinicians:
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In short, participants will be able to listen to the event by calling in to our teleconference center. Prior to the event, all participants will be sent an email with instructions on how to login to the teleconference center. This event will include lecture and question and answer periods.
Two CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.
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An excellent example of the quality of speaker that is most helpful to therapists -- at any level. This was among the best top three that I have heard via GoodTherapy. -Jill R. Turcott-Nielsen, LCSW, MSSW
Robert J. Hedaya, MD, ABPN, DFAPA, is the developer of the Whole Psychiatry methodology, which offers a comprehensive psychosocial and physiological approach to mental health. Dr. Hedaya evaluates major psychiatric disorders and then treats people by focusing on the bi-directional interactions between and among a person’s gastrointestinal system, immune system, hormonal system, nutrition, inflammation, environment, genetics, infection, cell signaling, detoxification, life circumstance, gender, and age. As a result of this approach, Dr. Hedaya significantly improves outcomes and the potential for reducing and in some cases even avoiding medication.
Dr. Hedaya is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and he is certified as proficient in psychopharmacology by The American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Hedaya is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has several decades of experience. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, where the Department of Psychiatry voted him Outstanding Teacher of the Year many times. The American Medical Association awarded Dr. Hedaya the Physician’s Recognition Award, and the Institute for Functional Medicine has recognized him as a Master Clinician. He is the author of Understanding Biological Psychiatry (Norton, 1996), The Antidepressant Survival Program: How to Beat the Side Effects and Enhance the Benefits of Your Medication (Crown-Harmony, 2000), and Depression: Advancing the Treatment Paradigm (2008, the Institute for Functional Medicine). Dr. Hedaya is an expert consultant and has been featured on CBS Evening News, The Today Show, 20/20, Fox, MSNBC, and CNN. Dr. Hedaya is also an expert on Dr. Oz’s Sharecare website. For more information on Dr. Hedaya and his work in Whole Psychiatry, please visit http://www.wholepsychiatry.com