Course Description

Course Price: $170
CME: 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

This course provides methods for managing medication withdrawal and side-effects (sexual dysfunction, weight gain, suicidality) through a lens of functional and integrative medicine. In particular, we examine nutritional interventions to ameliorate the withdrawal symptoms associated with SSRI antidepressants. We conclude with a general discussion regarding the role of medication in psychiatry.



Learning Objectives

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

  • Review the physiology, challenges and side effects of withdrawing from antidepressant medications, including on weight
  • Explore potential nutritional approaches for minimizing antidepressant withdrawal
  • Identify and explore the risks of antidepressants and antipsychotics, including suicide, sexual dysfunction and tardive dyskinesia
  • Explore integrative treatments for antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction
  • Describe integrative treatments for tardive dyskinesia


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James Greenblatt, MD

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.

Course curriculum

    1. Handout Module 1

    2. Module 1 Video Lecture

    3. IM Medication Side-Effects MODULE 1 Bibliography

    1. Handout Module 2

    2. Module 2 Video Lecture

    3. IM Medication Side-Effects MODULE 2 Bibliography

    1. Carey. Gebeloff. 18. Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

    2. Ostrow.17. Discontinuing Psychiatric Medications_A Survey of Long-Term Users

    3. Read.18. How many of 1829 antidepressant users report withdrawal effects or addiction

    4. Forsman.19.Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and the risk of violent suicide_a nationwide postmortem study

    5. Greenfield.19. In recovery from antidepressants

    6. Wilson.15. A review of the management of antidepressant discontinuation symptoms

About this course

  • $170.00
  • 12 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content