About this Course

Overview

Join Dr. James Greenblatt to gain essential tools to guide patients through a safer, more individualized withdrawal process using a Functional Medicine model that addresses the root causes of withdrawal symptoms and deprescribing. This five-module course provides an overview of the research on antidepressant withdrawal and some of the controversies around the challenges with deprescribing antidepressant medications. He’ll provide guidance on lab tests and analysis, nutrient repletion, and personalized protocols for treatment, along with practical strategies for identifying and treating nutritional deficits contributing to withdrawal symptoms. You’ll discover a valid path to help patients discontinue antidepressants, taper safely, reduce side effects, and achieve recovery on their terms.

Accreditation/CME Credits

3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™


Learning Objectives
  • Module 1: Mental Healthcare Today
    • Summarize the physiology of antidepressant withdrawal and the potential scope of the problem.
  • Module 2: Antidepressants & Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome
    • Describe the relationship between amino acids, neurotransmitters and mental health
    • Illustrate the necessity of adequate protein digestion and zinc supplementation for supporting neurotransmitter synthesis
  • Module 3: Modern Psychopharmacology – A History
    • Summarize the effects of vitamin D, vitamin B12 and folate on mental health
    • Analyze the damaging effects of homocysteine in the body and its relationship to vitamin B12 and folate
  • Module 4: Discontinuation – Best Practices
    • Describe the balance between copper and zinc and their potential effects on mental health
    • Evaluate the relationship between magnesium and mental health
    • Analyze the effects, benefits and use of low-dose lithium
  • Module 5: A Functional Medicine Model
    •  Implement the individualized approach to deprescribing antidepressants
                           

Course curriculum

    1. Learning Path

    2. Learning Objectives

    3. Faculty Overview

    4. Accreditation & CME Instructions

    5. Functional Medicine for Antidepressant Withdrawal Guide & Action Plan

    1. Mental Healthcare Today

    1. Antidepressants & Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome

    1. Modern Psychopharmacology: A History

    1. Discontinuation: Best Practices

    1. A Functional Medicine Model

About this course

  • $199.00
  • 11 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

Instructor

James Greenblatt, MD

Founder, Chief Medical Officer

Dr. James Greenblatt is a globally recognized pioneer in functional and integrative psychiatry with over 30 years of clinical experience. He has dedicated his career to transforming the treatment of mental health disorders through precision-based approaches that integrate laboratory testing, nutritional interventions, and root-cause analysis. Dr. Greenblatt earned his medical degree and completed a psychiatry residency at George Washington University, and pursued a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medical School. A prolific author, Dr. Greenblatt has written eight books, including the bestseller Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD. He serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine. Previously, he served as Chief Medical Officer for Walden Behavioral Care/Monte Nido, a national mental health organization specializing in eating disorders. In 2019, Dr. Greenblatt founded Psychiatry Redefined, a leading platform for continuing education for clinicians in functional and integrative psychiatry, designed to bridge critical knowledge gaps for mental health professionals. His innovative work combines evidence-based research with decades of clinical expertise in functional and integrative psychiatry to promote personalized, precision medicine approaches for sustainable mental health outcomes. in 2024, Dr. Greenblatt founded Mind Refined, a consumer education platform in functional and integrative approaches to mental healthcare. Dr. Greenblatt lectures internationally on nutritional psychiatry and functional medicine’s transformative role in treating mental illnesses.

Accreditation

CME Information

DURATION OF ACTIVITY: March 24, 2025 through March 23, 2027

HOW TO CLAIM CREDIT:
In order to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, participants must do the following:
– Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures
– Participate in the activity, review course content and learning strategies, resources and support materials provided
– Complete the post-test and activity evaluation
– Achieve a score of 80% or higher on the post-test

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of MedicusCME and Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources, Inc.  MedicusCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION STATEMENT:
MedicusCME designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

COURSE FORMAT: Internet activity (enduring material)

ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY: 3.0 hours

OVERVIEW: This course provides an overview of the research on antidepressant withdrawal and some of the controversies around the challenges with deprescribing antidepressant medications. Practical strategies for identifying and treating nutritional deficits that contribute to withdrawal symptoms will also be addressed.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Module 1
•  Summarize the physiology of antidepressant withdrawal and the potential scope of the problem.

Module 2
•  Describe the relationship between amino acids, neurotransmitters and mental health
•  Illustrate the necessity of adequate protein digestion and zinc supplementation for supporting neurotransmitter synthesis

Module 3
•  Summarize the effects of vitamin D, vitamin B12 and folate on mental health
•  Analyze the damaging effects of homocysteine in the body and its relationship to vitamin B12 and folate

Module 4
•  Describe the balance between copper and zinc and their potential effects on mental health
•  Evaluate the relationship between magnesium and mental health
•  Analyze the effects, benefits and use of low-dose lithium

Module 5
•  Implement the individualized approach to deprescribing antidepressants

FACULTY CONTENT EXPERT:
James Greenblatt, MD
Chief medical officer of Psychiatry Redefined
Boston, Massachusetts
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS:
MedicusCME requires instructors, planners, managers, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies over the previous 24 months. All identified financial relationships are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to MedicusCME policy.

James Greenblatt, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with Pure Encapsulations, Jaymac Pharmaceuticals and Fullscript for his role as consultant.

All other faculty and planners, as well as MedicusCME planners and managers, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
This activity is not supported by funds from an ACCME-defined ineligible company.

HIPAA COMPLIANCE ATTESTATION:
In accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), this educational activity, especially when utilizing patient cases for learning demonstration, will not include individually identifiable health information.

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE:
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.