Saturday, May 23, 2009

Drug Free Treatments for Mental Health Disorders Lecture Series

SPEAKER: Dr. Charles Gant, M.D. is licensed to practice medicine in New York and has practiced integrative medicine for over three decades. Dr. Gant is best known for his work in complementary/ alternative (CAM), integrative and orthomolecular medicine approaches to the treatment of mental disorders. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Hampden-Sydney College and his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School.
Dr. Gant pioneered many of the nutritional and detoxification treatments for substance use and other mental disorders while serving as the medicaldirector of Tully Hill Hospital, as a medical consultant at Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare and as a psychiatric consultant at numerous substance abuse and mental health clinics throughout Central NewYork. These protocols are currently being duplicated around the country by many healthcare practitionersand they promise to improve treatment outcomes and bring authentic healing to those suffering from mental disorders. Dr. Gant currently practices at the National Integrated Health Associates.
OBJECTIVES:
1 Understand the true meaning of the DSM IV definition of mental disorders as heterogeneous (many causalities).
2 Contrast drug treatments (disease suppression) and drug free nutritional treatments (lifeenhancement) goals and objectives, and define appropriate roles for both in the treatment ofmental disorders.
3 Compare the four main kinds of interventions utilized by both conventional andnon-conventional and distinguish subspecialties in each area and their roles.
4 Differentiate the four kinds of molecular interventions (nutritional/detoxification, bio-identicalhormones, herbal and pharmaceutical) and critique these based on safety, efficacy, cost anddifficulty of administration for various acute and chronic disorders.
5 Contrast orthomolecular approach (nutritional restoration, detoxification, bio-indenticalhormone replacement approach) with pharmacological approach and discuss how bothapproaches can be combined .
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Wedneday June 10, 2009
CIVIC CENTER - EXHIBIT HALL
601 E SWEET AVE
BISMARCK, ND 58504
Thursday June 11, 2009
BEST WESTERN DOUBLEWOOD INN
3333 13TH AVE S
FARGO, ND 58103
Friday June 12, 2009
SHERATON SIOUX FALLS HOTEL
1211 WEST AVE N
SIOUX FALLS, SD 57104
Monday June 15, 2009
COUNTRY INN & SUITES BY CARLSON
1900 PREMIERE DR
MANKATO, MN
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
RADISSON HOTEL ROSEVILLE
2540 NORTH CLEVELAND AVENUE
ROSEVILLE, MN 55113
Wedneday, June 17, 2009
PARKPLAZA -
MINNEAPOLIS/BLOOMINGTON
4460 WEST 78TH ST CIR
BLOOMINGTON, MN 55435

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