Course Description

Course Fee: $170

This two-module course taught by Dr. James Greenblatt explores the clinical challenges of treating Binge-Eating Disorder and illuminates an evidence-based functional medicine model for treatment.  The New Hope Model integrates lab testing, nutritional supplementation, dietary modifications, and medication, and targets biochemical pathways that regulate appetite, allowing clinicians to address imbalances that perpetuate hunger and cravings and bring patients back into balance.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe one way that neurotransmitter regulation affects hunger and satiety signaling.
  2. List three common causes of functional amino acid deficiency.
  3. Discuss one example of how 5-HTP can affect appetite regulation.

Course Faculty

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.

Course curriculum

    1. What is Binge Eating Disorder?

    1. Diving Deep into Management of Binge Eating Disorder

    1. Integrative Medicine for Binge Eating Disorder Article

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    2. Gearhardt.11. The Neural Correlates of Food Addiction

    3. Greenblatt. Ross-Taylor. 2019. Integrative Medicine for BED_excerpt

    4. Rezzi.07.Human metabolic phenotypes link directly to specific dietary preferences in healthy individuals

    5. Smith. 99. Symptomatic relapse in bulimia nervosa following acute tryptophan depletion

    6. van de Wouw. 17. Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis_Modulator of Host Metabolism and Appetite

    7. Zepf.13. Acute tryptophan depletion--a translational research method for studying the impact of CNS serotonin function

    1. FM Binge-Eating Disorder_COURSE BIBLIOGRAPHY

About this course

  • $170.00
  • 10 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content


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