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What Does Integrative Mean?

An overview of what the term "Integrative" means when it comes to medicine.

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Integrative medicine uses a combination of modern healthcare practices to diagnose and treat a patient. Treatments may include lifestyle choices such as dietary changes, exercise habits, and meditation, functional medicine approaches, conventional medications, and psychotherapeutic approaches. This practice also focuses on the nutritional and exercise habits of the patient. Integrative medicine physicians believe lifestyle choices are the root cause of many modern chronic diseases.

Our clinic believes in assessing and treating the root causes of mental health conditions. Unlike most traditional psychiatry clinics, here you will work collaboratively and personally with an integrative psychiatrist.

Your integrative psychiatrist will take you through an expanded assessment interview and will explore together the root causes of what you are experiencing. Specialty laboratory tests may be ordered to further clarify your health challenges. We are committed to making your journey to wellness as direct and effective as possible.

What Does Integrative Mean?

Integrative means we are looking together at you as a whole person. We are seeking ways to help you maintain and support a sense of balance and equanimity. We integrate multiple fields of study such as psychology, psychiatry, spirituality, nutrition, etc.

We’ll explore the root causes that help you achieve health and wellness, in terms of your body, mind, and lifestyle. We’ll work together to find lasting and sustainable solutions so you can enjoy a full and rich quality of life.

  • What Is Integrative Medicine?

    Integrative medicine is about finding balance and harmony. You can’t learn skills from taking pills, although there may be a place for precise usage of pharmaceuticals. By learning how to address core issues and root causes, you’ll gain a sense of confidence, control, and ability to manage your health and wellness.

    Integrative medicine uses a combination of modern healthcare practices to diagnose and treat a patient. Treatments may include such treatments as acupuncture, yoga, or massage. This practice also focuses on the nutritional and exercise habits of the patient. Integrative medicine physicians believe lifestyle choices are the root cause of many modern chronic diseases.

How Does Integrative Medicine Work?

Our integrative psychiatrists are trained in a unique holistic approach, using a 3-part framework, developed by the Integrative Psychiatry Institute. It is an advanced way of assessing, diagnosing, and treating you as a whole person. This framework helps understand an expanded spectrum of root causes of mental illness from a holistic approach.

This unique 3-part model for balanced health helps you achieve wellness using the essential components of body, mind, and lifestyle.

Powered by the Integrative Psychiatry Institute

We’re not only on the forefront of integrative care for patients, but we are also backed by the educational power of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute. Our expert practitioners are learning directly from the premier educational community for integrative psychiatry. Rest assured, our practitioners are constantly implementing new practices from the latest research in innovative mental health care.