February 19, 2014 — Scott Shannon, MD
with Kelly Brogan, MD
Half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, says the National Institute of Mental Health. Medco reports that 7% of boys and 5% of girls are using mental health medications. There’s an acknowledged epidemic of childhood mental disorders, including ADHD, bipolar disorder, and autism.
Our nation’s children are in crisis. Doctors and parents are reaching for pharmaceutical solutions at an alarming rate.
What would you think about a child psychiatrist who emphasizes a child’s inherent resilience and resources over pathology and prescriptions?
How about a doctor who believes that an innate desire for balance–a wholeness–between brain-body-mind lies at the heart of wellness?
Would you like to find a holistic psychiatrist who prefers to use the following treatment modalities over medication?
- nutrition
- supplements
- mind-body skills
- acupuncture
- deep and intuitive listening
- a shift in awareness to support the healing process
Shannon, MD, ABIHM has been involved in holistic medicine since he joined the American Holistic Medical Association in 1978. He has been instrumental in the creation of a holistic and integrative perspective in psychiatry for almost two decades. Scott published the first textbook for this field in 2001. He is a past president of the AHMA and the immediate past President of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Scott also teaches as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado-Children’s Hospital in Denver. In 2010, he founded the country’s largest and most comprehensive integrative mental health clinic, Wholeness Center in Fort Collins. Norton published his latest textbook, Mental Health for the Whole Child in 2013.
Kelly Brogan, MD is Medical Director of Fearless Parent and mom of two. She is board certified in Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Holistic living, environmental medicine, and nutrition are the bedrock of her functional medicine practice. She serves as medical advisor to GreenMedInfo, Pathways to Family Wellness, and Fisher Wallace. Kelly holds degrees from MIT and Cornell Medical School.
Kids Do Come With A Manual – Part 2