What is Functional Psychiatry?

Functional psychiatry (or Precision psychiatry or Root cause medicine) – is an individualized, patient-centered approach to treatment that focuses on balancing the body’s biology and systems by treating the underlying causes of illness and disease.

Conventional psychiatry relies heavily on pharmaceuticals to reduce or mask the symptoms of mental illness. There are far more factors that influence mental health than just neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin. And medication alone will not resolve the root cause or underlying triggers.

The root causes of mental illness are unique to each patient, and may be genetic, biochemical, nutritional, hormonal, metabolic, dietary, lifestyle-related or environmental.

Through precision medicine testing and treatment of deficiencies, imbalances, infections, inflammation, and toxins, functional psychiatry can help patients achieve healing beyond what traditional treatment can provide. provides an enhanced way to treat psychiatric conditions and care for the whole-person, not just their symptoms

By resolving these imbalances, patients have a greater change at lasting recovery and overall wellness.