Course fee: $255
Known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as a distinct psychiatric ailment characterized by cyclic extremes of mood and behavior, bipolar disorder remains today one of the most challenging mental illnesses for clinicians to address – challenging to identify, challenging to treat. Mainstream interventions adhering solely to psychopharmaceutical approaches are incomplete, and do not account for biologic factors that so often influence the trajectory of this complex disorder. Through a functional and integrative approach, it becomes possible to address etiologic factors that contribute to BD, and formulate targeted, personalized interventions for patient health.
Taught by Drs. Greenblatt and Bongiorno, this 3-module course presents a functional medicine model for the treatment of bipolar disorder inclusive of multiple therapeutic tiers, including medication, nutritional interventions, and natural therapies.
Instructors will present a novel functional medicine model for the treatment of BD, of which medication is just one of several therapeutic pillars. Approved pharmaceuticals for mania, depression, mixed-episodes, and maintenance will be reviewed in detail, after which the course will explore biochemical abnormalities associated with BD that open the doors to functional interventions. Genetics, nutritional deficiencies that impact neurotransmission and signaling cascades, mitochondrial dysfunction, and other factors will be examined, as will evidence-based interventions that address intrinsic imbalances, support balanced neurochemical signaling, and optimize affective regulation. Clinical pearls and concept-to-application bridges are offered throughout the course, supporting a collaborative, patient-provider paradigm that make balance possible.
Introductory
After completing this program, participants will be able to:
All refunds must be requested within seven (7) days of enrollment. In order to qualify for a refund, learners must have progressed through less than 10% of the educational content in question. All refunds will be processed minus a 10% transaction fee.
Integrative Medicine For Bipolar Disorder Module 1
FIM Bipolar Disorder_Module 1 HANDOUT
Integrative Medicine For Bipolar Disorder Module 2
FIM Bipolar Disorder_Module 2 HANDOUT
Integrative Medicine For Bipolar Disorder Module 3
FIM Bipolar Disorder_Module 3 HANDOUT
Chakrabarti.16. Treatment-adherence in bipolar disorder_A patient-centred approach
Pipich.19. Bipolar Disorder and Suicide_What 12,000 Lives Can Teach Us
Post.18. Multigenerational transmission of liability to psychiatric illness in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder
Rowland.18. Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder
Carta.15. The Burden of Depressive and Bipolar Disorders in Celiac Disease
Dong M, Lu L, Zhang L, et al. Prevalence of suicide attempts in bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Rosenblat.17. Bipolar Disorder and Immune Dysfunction_Epidemiological Findings, Proposed Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications
Lojko.19. Impaired Glucose Metabolism in Bipolar Patients_The Role of Psychiatrists in Its Detection and Management
Liang L, Chen J, Xiao L, Wang Q, Wang G. Mitochondrial modulators in the treatment of bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cereda G, Enrico P, Ciappolino V, Delvecchio G, Brambilla P. The role of vitamin D in bipolar disorder: Epidemiology and influence on disease activity.
Phillip, A. Gluten, Inflammation, and Neurodegeneration
Volkmann C, Bschor T, Köhler S. Lithium Treatment Over the Lifespan in Bipolar Disorders.
FIM Bipolar Disorder_Course Bibliography
