Common mental health concerns encountered in outpatient naturopathic settings include depression, anxiety, OCD, and psychosis, among others. Following a brief review of the evidence base supporting established protocols for mental health management, the presentation will focus on scenarios that reproducibly arise yet often go undiscussed in formal presentation settings. Such scenarios include but are not limited to important considerations during a mental health intake, specific prescription medications that present significant obstacles when implementing standard weaning protocols, specific medications not generally considered as having mental health impact yet pose significant mental health obstacles when attempting to wean, and the basis for hyperbolically reducing doses of prescription mental health medications to minimize withdrawal symptoms.
December 3, 2024; 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST
Objectifs d’apprentissage
By the end of this lecture, the clinician will be able to:
- Obtain working knowledge of the evidence base in support of commonly employed integrative medicines in the management of mental health concerns
- Obtain working knowledge of critical considerations while conducting a mental health intake
- Develop an understanding of obstacles associated with weaning of common mental health prescription medications
- Identify a small subset of prescription mental health medications that pose obstacles to weaning beyond those encountered with most prescription mental health medications
- Identify prescription medications not typically considered to have mental health impact that do create significant mental health obstacles when attempting to wean
- Understand why hyperbolic weaning of prescription mental health medications is critically important for achieving clinical success
Crédits CE
CONO: (pending approval) Category A – 1.00 credit (General)
British Columbia: Category C – 1.0 credit
AANP: (pending approval) 1.00 credit (General)
OANP/OBNM: For Oregon attendees seeking OBNM approved CE credits, please note that this event has not been submitted for approval to the OBNM. CE certificate will be issued upon individual request.
Dr Carissa Doherty, ND
Dr Carissa Doherty Naturopathic Doctor. She completed her premedical studies at the University of Guelph obtaining a Specialized Honours degree in Bio-Medical Toxicology. During her undergraduate years, Carissa was fortunate enough to be one of the first people in Canada to work in product development with inulin, a complex carbohydrate, now used widely in the supplement industry as a pleasant tasting fibre.
In 2002, Carissa received her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and remains a member in good standing to this day.
Dr Carissa Doherty, ND, and her sister Dr Sonya Doherty, ND, founded The Natural Care Clinic in Burlington in 2005. The Natural Care Clinic is an internationally recognized centre of care and education. The Natural Care Clinic team is committed to improving awareness about chronic disease and how Naturopathic Medicine can improve quality of life. Their approach to treating chronic illness has become world renowned drawing patients to the Natural Care Clinic from all over Ontario, Canada, the United States, Asia and Europe. The Natural Care Clinic team, led by Dr Carissa Doherty ND, provides educational conferences for healthcare providers focused on management of complex disorders.
In addition to a general family practice, Dr. Carissa Doherty takes a special interest in Lyme disease and chronic infections, methylation medicine and environmental medicine and has an advanced training in Lyme disease.
