Historically, the field of psychiatry has mainly focused on prescriptive medications and psychotherapy. Though these modalities have saved lives and stabilized many patients, there are often modifiable, underlying root causes to consider. Shae Leonard, PA is a functional medicine physician’s assistant who has spent years changing people’s lives with her functional approach to mood disorders.

Today, we talk to Shae Leonard about the effects of nutrition, gut health, hormones, genetics, and movement on mental health.

 

Today on The Lab Report:

• 4:35 Get to know Shae and her journey to functional psychiatry
• 8:00 The gut and other factors as root causes of mood disorders
• 12:00 Nutrients to optimize mental health
• 14:15 Using functional medicine testing
• 15:10 Genetics and epigenetics in mental health
• 18:20 HPA Axis, stress, sleep, and mood resiliency  
• 24:45 The Fireball

 

Additional Resources:

Shae's Website

NutrEval

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