3-Day: Nutrition for Mental Health Certification Course – Vicki Steine

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Summary

• Here’s what you’ll learn in this certificate training... Improve mood and behavior in clients using micro-and macronutrients Ideas for practical, affordable and individualized diets along with optimal cooking methods and recipes Safely and ethically apply integrated and nutritional medicine within your professional discipline’s scope of practice Improve assessment by learning to differentiate between a clinical presentation of mental illnesses vs.

• nutritional and/or hormonal imbalances Customize treatment plans through six unique nutritional methods for clients with mood lability Nourish both the brain and the gut, the “second brain,” through key nutrients Learn to identify gluten and casein sensitivity with the presentation of depression, psychosis and ASD in clients Implement evidence-based protocols for nutritional and herbal approaches for six DSM-5® categories Evaluate how client eating patterns may influence their mental health by using a food-mood assessment tool Increase compliance by using the DSM-5® Cultural Formulation tool to inform your treatment planning process Prevent side effects of polymedicine use through evaluation of drug-nutrient-herbal interactions Decrease dissociative symptoms in clients through stage-specific anaerobic and aerobic exercise and self-care methods Improve focus for clients with anxiety disorders with breathing techniques to reduce hyperventilation Adapt complementary and alternative methods for children and teens with behavioral and mental health disorders such as ADHD and ODD Learn when psychotropic medications, herbal medicines, and nutrients can be harmful to clients Improve anxiety and depression symptoms with essential fatty acids Discover how circadian rhythm contributes to depression, PTSD and bipolar disorder Evaluate the impact of blood sugar and genetic variations on mental health disorders and effective treatment Best of all, upon completion of this live training, you’ll be eligible to become a Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Professional (CMHIMP) through Evergreen Certifications.

• Certification lets colleagues, employers, and clients know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the impact nutrition and integrative medicine can have on your client’s mental health.

• Professional standards apply.

• Evaluate the scientific research that links diet and nutrition to mental illness and its implications for treatment.