“Let Food Be Thy Medicine and thy Medicine be Food and Let Thy Food Be Delicious” ~ Hippocrates & Pati
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Treatment has evolved in the last 40 years, since I got into the field. New knowledge and skill sets enrich program offerings and curriculums. And of course, high end programs are more able to diversify their programming than state run programs with less resources. That said, client needs more or less remain the same, across the board. This 4 part article attempts to list the elements which I consider to be optimal and even essential, across 4 domains:
I want to share a rather illuminating experience I had with sugar driving home from the addiction conference West Virginia Association of Addiction and Prevention Professionals (WVAAPP) I attended last week.
At the Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition, we emphasize the critical role of diet in mental health and recovery. One of the foundational concepts in our approach, and the core content of our Amino Acid Therapy Level 1 Certification Training, is the Food/Mood Connection.
This blog post will explain our three tiers of nutritional intervention and how they can improve client outcomes within the framework of nutritional psychiatry.
The Academy provides cutting-edge, in-depth, on-line and live education and consultation services for the purpose of thoroughly training mental health and addiction treatment professionals and volunteers in the skills necessary to identify and effectively address the biochemical aspects of client symptoms through nutrient interventions.