An Integrative Approach to Deprescribing Antidepressants

James Greenblatt, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how to use integrative and functional medicine strategies to properly wean patients off antidepressants while avoiding withdrawal symptoms.

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A pioneer in the field of Functional, Nutritional, & Metabolic Psychiatry, dually board-certified Adult and Child & Adolescent psychiatrist Dr. James M. Greenblatt has been treating patients since 1988. After obtaining his medical degree and completing his psychiatry residency at George Washington University, Dr. Greenblatt completed a fellowship in Child & Adolescent psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School. He has served as Chief Medical Officer at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA for nearly 22 years, and is a member of the clinical psychiatry faculty at the Tufts University School of Medicine and the Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine.

Dr. Greenblatt is the author of eight books, including the bestselling Finally Focused and the expert-acclaimed Answers to Anorexia (2021). His newest book, Functional & Integrative Medicine for Antidepressant Withdrawal, is available now.

A nationally and internationally recognized expert, author, and educator, as well as an inductee of the ISOM Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame, Dr. Greenblatt is also the founder of Psychiatry Redefined – an online Continuing Medical Education platform dedicated to the advancement of evidence-based, personalized treatment models for mental illness.