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1. Evaluate the scientific research that links diet and nutrition to mental illness and its implications for treatment.
2. Articulate how certain micronutrients and macro nutrients affect mood and behavior in clients.
3. Evaluate the psychobiology and psychophysiology of mind and body interactions regarding six DSM® categories.
4. Assess ethical and scope of practice considerations relative to integrated and nutritional medicine with respect to your own professional discipline.
5. Evaluate integrative and nutritional methods as they relate to client psycho-education.
6. Distinguish between the clinical presentation of mental illness as compared to nutritional and/or hormonal imbalance.
7. Argue six nutritional methods for treating clients who present with mood lability.
8. Correlate gluten and casein sensitivity with the presentation of depression, psychosis and ASD in clients.
9. Demonstrate the use of a food mood assessment to evaluate client eating patterns and how those patterns may influence their mental health.
10. Appraise the epidemiological research underlying the benefits of the Mediterranean diet and its specific application for client mental health.
11. Diagnose clients using the DSM-5® Cultural Formulation tool to explore about health and healing in order to inform the treatment planning process.
12. Evaluate drug-nutrient-herbal interactions for clients to prevent side effects of polymedicine use.
13. Demonstrate stage-specific anaerobic and aerobic exercise and self-care methods to decrease dissociative symptoms in clients.
14. Integrate breathing techniques to reduce hyperventilation and improve focus among clients with anxiety disorders.
15. Dramatize adaptations of complementary and alternative methods for children and teens with behavioral and mental health disorders such as ADHD and ODD.
16. Evaluate contraindications of the use of psychotropic medications and herbal medicines and nutrients.
17. Defend the evidence for the use of essential fatty acids for anxiety and depression.
18. Evaluate the impact of blood sugar and genetic variations on mental health disorders and effective treatment.

THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

How Foods Affects Moods

• Carbohydrates – A new way to think about cravings
• Effects protein may have on depression and anxiety
• Fats for mental health (depression, ADHD, bipolar)
• The connection between food, depression, diabetes and obesity
• Physiological causes of fatigue, depression and anxiety
• Vitamins: B-Vitamins, 5-MTHF, Vitamin D
• Minerals: Magnesium, calcium

Nutrition, Diet and Culinary Medicine

• Food as “brain-mind-medicine”
• Fats: Essential fatty acids, toxic fats, fish oil
• Protein: the building blocks of happiness
• Nutrients to improve mental health and cognitive function
• Vitamins, minerals, glandulars, and special nutrients for the non-nutritionist
• Regulate hormonal imbalance
• Balance blood sugar to balance mood
• Cultural and genetic variations
• Enhance digestion for mental health
• Thyroid function and mental health

The Truth About Popular Supplements and Herbal Medicine

• Seven major herbs for PTSD, anxiety, depression, sleep, and cognitive health
• Endocannabinoid deficit theory
• Cannabis and psychedelic medicine
• THC versus CBD
• Evidence for medical cannabis for mental health
• PTSD and chronic pain
• Adaptogens: Ginseng, licorice, ashwaganda
• Melatonin
• Smell, mood, and cognition
• Evidence for essential oils to alter mood and cognition
• Interactions with pharmaceuticals

Physiological Factors of Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar and ADHD

• Transcending mind-body separation: Understanding the complex relationships
• The factors that cause “chemical imbalance”
• Beyond pharmaceutical management
• Balancing circadian rhythm
• Apply breathing exercises for mental health
• Enhance sleep and address insomnia

ASSESSMENTS AND EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH

Assessments Using Integrative Approaches

• Conduct a basic nutritional food/mood assessment
• Conduct an adrenal stress and biological rhythm assessment
• Culture and ethnicity assessment and treatment
• The Cultural Formulation Interview and CAM methods
• Basic lab tests for optimal mental health

Simple Screening Tools to Identify Nutritional Deficiencies Contributing to:

• Anxiety and PTSD
• Depression
• ADHD
• Fatigue
• Anger
• Bipolar disorder
• Lack of mental clarity
• Other mental health concerns

Recognizing When “Mental Illness” is Something Else

• Hormonal imbalance
• Anxiety vs. hypoglycemia
• Inflammation
• Digestion
• Depressed, fatigued or malnourished?
• Side effects of medications

Symptoms of Nutritional Deficiencies and Co-Morbid Conditions

• Strategies to reduce inflammation: The major factor in depression, anxiety, bipolar, and ADHD
• Chronic illness, fibromyalgia
• Anxiety and digestion
• The Second brain: Microbiome, probiotics and GABA, and anxiety
• Sleep, adrenal health, and rhythms
• Anger, alcohol abuse and liver health
• Genetics, depression and brain
• PTSD and auto immune, addictions and cognition
• ADHD, ASD, and food sensitivities
• Integrative approach recovery from addictions

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS - NON-PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT STRATEGIES

Holistic Treatment Interventions

• Address clients concerns and provide alternatives to psychotropics
• Herbal medicine for mental health
• Strategies for clients who want to stop their medications
• Ayurvedic medicine and mental health
• Exercise: Elevate serotonin and regulate stress hormones
• Sound and music for insomnia, anxiety and anger
• Toning, binaural music

Comprehensive Non-Pharmaceutical Treatment Plans and Protocols for:

• Depression & Seasonal Affect Disorder
• Anxiety, PTSD, and complex trauma
• Bipolar
• ADHD
• Body dysmorphia
• OCD
• Bulimia
• Insomnia
• Addictions
• Obesity
• Psychosomatic symptoms
• Pre-menstrual syndrome and menopausal symptoms

Practical Tools to Accelerate Treatment Results, Improve Energy, and Gain Mental Clarity

• Food: The Good, the Bad, and the Fake
• Sleep: The 4 habits critical to refreshing sleep
• Exercise: Elevate serotonin and regulate stress hormones
• Stress: A Holistic Approach
• Feed your brain

What You Need to Know about Somatic Therapies

• The spectrum of somatic and bodywork therapies
• Acupuncture
• The NADA protocol for addictions
• Cranial electrical stimulation for PTSD, insomnia, and optimal cognition
• When to refer

Unique Issues Across the Lifespan

• Children: Supporting sleep, focus, mood and attention
• Alternatives to psychotropics for ADHD
• Middle life: Peri-menopause, menopause, andropause
• Preventing cognitive decline
• Nutrition and integrative methods to support people with dementia and their caregivers

Apply Techniques Within Your Scope of Practice

• Ethics, law and competency
• Nutritional therapies
• Culinary medicine
• Behavioral medicine
• Nutritional supplementation
• Herbal medicine
• Hydrotherapies for mood management
• Bodywork therapies
• Acupuncture and cranial electrical stimulation
• Sound and music for insomnia and mood
• Stage appropriate yoga for anxiety, pain and PTSD
• Integrative detoxification for addiction

Build an Integrative Health Team

• When and where to refer clients
• How to find the right provider
• Questions to ask before referring
• Develop a niche practice as a certified specialist
• Professional organizations and more training
• Controversies and hot topics

Vicki Steine, DSc, LCSW, BCHN, IFNCP, has been a social worker for more than 25 years, working in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She works with children and adults with ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, Tourette’s syndrome, addiction, and trauma in her private practice in the Atlanta area. Dr. Steine received her master’s in social work from the University of Georgia and her Doctor of Science in holistic nutrition from Hawthorn University. She is board certified in holistic nutrition through the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, a nutrition certified practitioner through the Integrated and Functional Nutrition Academy and is a member of the National Association of Social Workers. Dr. Steine enjoys combining her skills as a social worker and nutrition educator to help her clients who struggle with staying organized, keeping focused at work or school, and overcoming the anxiety and depression that often prevents them from fully living their lives. She integrates nutrition, mind-body exercises, and traditional psychotherapy methods, like Cognitive Behavior Therapy, to help her clients get on with living their lives optimally. She has spoken at many conferences and delivered workshops providing education to professionals and lay people alike on the benefits of nutrition and improving mental health. Dr. Steine has had personal success using a holistic approach, including nutrition and supplements, to recover from a near death boating accident and an episode of debilitating depression.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Vicki Steine maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Vicki Steine is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the National Association of Nutrition Practitioners.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Addiction Counselors
This self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP): PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 19.0 CEU's (continuing education hours).

Connecticut Addiction Counselors: Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 19.0 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.

Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for a total of 19.0 ceus in the area(s) of C2 - 19.0 hrs.

Oklahoma Alcohol & Drug Counselors: PESI, Inc. is an Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors approved provider #20240032. This self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.

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Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Florida Social Mental Health Counselors: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 19.0 continuing education credits.

Montana Counselors: The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of instruction.

Nevada Counselors: PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 19.0 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.

South Carolina Counselors: This self-study program has been approved for 19.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.

Texas Counselors: This self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 681, Subchapter J, Section 681.142 Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

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Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Florida Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 19.0 continuing education credits.

Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. Provider #: 168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 19.0 credits.

Montana Marriage & Family Therapists: The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of instruction.

Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 19.0 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.

South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists: This self-study program has been approved for 19.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.

Texas Marriage & Family Therapists: This self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 801, Subchapter K, Section 801.264 Types of Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 19.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 19.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 19.0 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 19.0 continuing education credits.

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Psychologists
This self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline and the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity. Contact us for more information on your state board or organization specific filing requirements.

Canadian Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 19.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: https://catalog.pesi.com/page/ceinformation#psychologists

Florida Psychologists: PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology. Provider Number 50-399. This product qualifies for 19.0 self-study continuing education credits. Please make sure to bring your license number to the seminar so that we can report your attendance to CE Brokers.

Illinois Psychologists: PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 268.000102. Full attendance at this course qualifies for 19.0 self-study contact hours.

Kentucky Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists, approved provider #202312H. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 19.0 contact hours.

Ohio Psychologist: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association, Provider #263896894, to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI is offering this self-study activity for 19.0 Standard hours of continuing education credit.

Pennsylvania Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider #PSY000211. PESI maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 19.0 continuing education hours.

South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists: This self-study program has been approved for 19.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.

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Social Workers
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Colorado Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This course has been approved for 19.0 continuing education hours.

Florida Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 19.0 continuing education credits.

Illinois Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 19.0 contact hours.

Minnesota Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study course has been approved for 19.0 continuing education hours. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of a post-test.

Montana Social Workers: The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 19.0 clock hours of instruction.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 19.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

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