What is Integrative Psychiatry?
What is Integrative Psychiatry and why is it different from the traditional medical approach?
It is based in identifying and treating the root causes of mental health issues for a truly comprehensive and open-minded approach to healthy living.
It combines conventional modes of treatment with alternative modalities which provides options to each individual’s unique mental health concerns.
It pays attention to Spirituality, mind/body connections and lifestyle by:
- Introduction to various modalities of meditation, therapy as well as other alternative treatments.
- Nutrition/diet with particular attention gut microbiome. Disruptions in the gut brain axis can contribute to symptoms such as depression, anxiety, brain fog and energy levels. This is implemented through a comprehensive assessment, and tests when appropriate including genetic testing and labs.
- Identifying how individual beliefs, background and possible past trauma play a role with their health.
- Lifestyle choices such as exercise, social connections, everyday habits that contribute to positive health outcomes and identifying barriers to these.
- Recognition of this interplay of systems within every individual which is explored with the Be Well Do Good concept in a unique way.