Overview

Course Fee: $255
CME Credits: 4.0

This 3-module course, presented by Dr. James Greenblatt, introduces a functional medicine model for anorexia nervosa (AN) treatment and recovery, in which the concept of anorexia nervosa is the result of a complex and biologically-mediated interplay between environmental, psychosocial, and metabolic factors is explored. Research supporting associations between metabolic abnormalities, dyslipidemia, micronutrient imbalances, and systemic inflammation will be objectively reviewed, illuminating critical treatment targets for today’s functional psychiatry practice and providing an empirically validated blueprint for personalized interventions. Upon completion, students will be able to substantiate the clinical utility of a functional medicine approach for anorexia nervosa, and safely incorporate evidence-based treatment strategies into existing therapeutic models to maximize patient outcomes.

A Glimpse into Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a vastly complex mental illness marked by etiologic contributions of genetic, psychological, and metabolic origin. With a relapse rate upwards of 50% within the first year after treatment, as well as the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder, anorexia nervosa presents today’s clinicians with a significant and daunting challenge.

Scientific research is illuminating with increasing focus a stark reality – that being that the majority of current anorexia nervosa treatment models often fail to comprehensively address etiologic factors. Therapeutic paradigms that focus solely on psychological contributors do so to the exclusion of potentially significant biologic factors that studies have revealed to be robustly correlated with metabolism, satiety signaling, neurotransmission, and affective regulation, all of which can influence mood and behavior. Lacking etiologic considerations, many of today’s anorexia nervosa models are incomplete.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome & Learning Path

    2. Course Overview

    3. Faculty Overview

    4. Anorexia Nervosa Protocols for Nutritional Supplementation

    1. Overview

    2. CME Information

    1. Module 1 Overview

    2. Module 1 Video Lecture

    3. FIM ANOREXIA_Module 1 handout

    1. Module 2 Overview

    2. Module 2 Video Lecture

    3. FIM ANOREXIA_Module 2 handout

    1. Module 3 Overview

    2. Module 3 Video Lecture

    3. FIM ANOREXIA_Module 3 handout

    1. Bardone-Cone.12. The inter-relationships between vegetarianism and eating disorders among females

    2. Berger.17. Omega-6 to omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio and subsequent mood disorders in young people with at-risk mental states

    3. Travis.15. Abnormal white matter properties in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa

    4. Marild.17. Celiac Disease and Anorexia Nervosa_ A Nationwide Study

    5. Hanachi.19. Micronutrients Deficiencies in 374 Severely Malnourished Anorexia Nervosa Inpatients

    6. Course Bibliography

About this course

  • $255.00
  • 23 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content
"Everything they never taught you about anorexia! This course reviews the nutritional causes and treatments of anorexia. It converts the condition from hopelessness to treat-ability."

– Richard L.

 

"An amazing course!"

– Iris E.

Instructor

James Greenblatt, MD

Founder, Chief Medical Officer

Dr. James M. Greenblatt is a pioneer in functional and integrative psychiatry and a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist who has been treating patients since 1988. He serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. An internationally recognized speaker on  nutritional interventions in mental health and prolific author, Dr. Greenblatt has written nine books, including his newest book, Finally Hopeful; the bestsellers Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD, Answers to Anorexia (updated edition, 2021), Functional & Integrative Medicine for Antidepressant Withdrawal, and Nutritional Lithium: The Untold Tale of a Mineral That Transforms Lives and Heals the Brain—the definitive guide to lithium’s role in psychiatry. He is also the founder of Psychiatry Redefined, an educational platform dedicated to transforming psychiatric care through integrative and evidence-based approaches.