The Biomarkers Every Doctor Should Test In Their Suicidal Patients
The Root Cause Medicine Podcast
Kate Kresge
4.8 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, we discuss suicide prevention and the role of biomarkers in mental health with Dr. James Greenblatt. You’ll hear us dive into: 1. The urgent need to rethink suicide prevention approaches 2. Overlooked biomarkers behind depression and suicide 3. The link between low cholesterol and suicide risk 4. Why low omega-3 and vitamin D levels are hurting your mental health 5. The connection between sleep deprivation, inflammation, and suicide Dr. James Greenblatt is the Founder and Medical Director of Psychiatry Redefined. In addition to his leadership role there, he holds the title of Chief Medical Officer at Walden Behavioral Care and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. A prolific writer, Dr. Greenblatt has authored numerous books on integrative medicine. Throughout his distinguished career, he has been dedicated to investigating the complex relationship between mental health and nutrition, consistently pursuing alternative and complementary methods to conventional psychiatric therapies. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the root cause medicine podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Crisis around stress and depression or anxiety is different than suicidality. |
| 0:10.7 | So let's digress for a minute. |
| 0:12.4 | I think everything we're talking about is long-term preventative strategies to prevent those feelings, not just of hopelessness, which we all |
| 0:24.7 | might get, but that kind of despair and hopelessness that leads to no impulse control to take |
| 0:31.7 | one's life. That's not what we're talking about here, because in those situations, we need to make sure someone gets to a hospital, |
| 0:40.6 | gets medicine if that's what they need. But the most important, most important thing that we can do |
| 0:47.8 | in a crisis around suicidality is connecting with other people, whether it's family, friends, or a treatment program. |
| 0:57.5 | Well, hello there. I'm your host for today, Dr. Kate Kresge, and we have a really important |
| 1:01.7 | episode for you. I'm talking with Dr. James Greenblatt, the founder of Psychiatryredefined.org, |
| 1:07.1 | about suicide prevention. Now, it's Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and this episode is |
| 1:12.1 | incredibly important. If you or a left one or any of your patients struggle with suicidality, |
| 1:18.0 | we're going to talk about a biological model of suicide prevention, meaning how do we understand |
| 1:23.3 | what's going on in the brain of people who are struggling with suicidal depression? How do we |
| 1:27.2 | assess their blood and their biochemistry for biomarkers that we can then use to inform |
| 1:32.5 | effective treatments? Now, there are decades of research that support screening for things like |
| 1:37.8 | cholesterol levels, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, and other biomarkers in helping to create a |
| 1:44.0 | holistic plan to help someone |
| 1:45.7 | prevent suicidal ideation and attempts. This is a really powerful episode for anybody who's |
| 1:51.9 | looking to become armed with the information that they need to have to effectively treat |
| 1:56.3 | patients with suicidal depression or advocate for their loved ones who are struggling with it. |
| 2:00.7 | I'm really understanding how you need to assess for levels of inflammation and the root causes, |
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