ICNM 2014 – Dr. Baylac Speaks On Anxiety: A Naturopathic Psychiatric Approach

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International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine (ICNM) is a nonprofit consortium of certified naturopaths and healthcare professionals dedicated to defining the future of Naturopathic Medicine through education, research and collaboration.

Following the success of ICNM 2013, the second International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine, ICNM 2014, took place in Paris, France, July 4-6, 2014.

This event is the premier International Congress for the most influential and inspiring Naturopathic Medicine practitioners and healthcare professionals who are dedicated to improving patient care. Some of the finest Naturopaths from more than 46 countries gathered together to update their knowledge and skills and learnt from more than 40 internationally recognized researchers and clinicians.

Amongst the 40 clinicians was Hawaii Naturopathic Retreat’s medical director, Maya Nicole Baylac, who spoke on Anxiety: A Naturopathic Psychiatric Approach.

The presentation discusses:

  • The symptoms of anxiety, its physical and psychological symptoms
  • Anxiety disorders
  • The origin of anxiety, the body’s response to chronic and acute stress
  • The neurophysiology of stress Adapted and maladapted stress response. Acute and chronic stress
  • Effect of anxiety on mental and physical health
  • Conventional treatment of anxiety. Benzodiazepines + SSRIs
  • Naturopathic assessment of anxiety. History taking, physical exam, laboratory testing
  • Treating the cause. Fear, emotional stress and oxidative stress
  • Treatment: Eliminating environmental and social stressors
  • Treatment: Biochemistry of anxiety. Nutrition, detoxification, IV, exercise
  • Case study with treatment outcome

You can view and download the full presentation on SlideShare –

ICNM2014

Links:

http://icnmnaturopathy.org/

If you missed last years presentation (ICNM – 2013) – you can view it below.

Psychology, Spirituality and Lifestyle Changes in Naturopathic Medicine

Posted: July 8, 2013

We are proud to announce the participation as speaker of our medical director and doctor, Maya Nicole Baylac, today at the ICNM 2013 held in Paris. Dr. Baylac discussed, Psychology, Spirituality and Lifestyle Changes in Naturopathic Medicine. ICNM 2013 (International Congress of Naturopathic Medicine) is the premier international congress for the most influential and inspiring […]

 

Psychology, Spirituality and Lifestyle Changes in Naturopathic Medicine

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We are proud to announce the participation as speaker of our medical director and doctor, Maya Nicole Baylac, today at the ICNM 2013 held in Paris. Dr. Baylac discussed, Psychology, Spirituality and Lifestyle Changes in Naturopathic Medicine.

ICNM 2013 (International Congress of Naturopathic Medicine) is the premier international congress for the most influential and inspiring complementary medicine practitioners and healthcare professionals who are dedicated to improving patient care.

Dr. Baylac’s presentation focuses on how mind, body and spirit approaches work together to bring about permanent lifestyle changes. The specific conditions in which this is demonstrated in her talk are: food addiction (obesity, overweight) and depression.

Contemporary physical and mental illness both need to be addressed on the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social levels to be treated successfully on a permanent basis. Nutrition and exercise can restore the biochemistry of the body and the brain and a psycho-spiritual approach is necessary for behavioral changes to happen. Dr. Baylac reviews the need of psychology in physical medicine for successful lifestyle changes and the need of nutrition in psychiatry to resolve mental illness.

Today, eighty percent of physical illness can be resolved by lifestyle changes. However, we need to be familiar with the science of change to help our patients successfully.

For change to take place the following sequence has to happen:

  1. Educate – Understand the relationship between nutritional and lifestyle habits and health.
  2. Motivate – Doctor as model: we need to inspire our patients by practicing what we teach and patients should emulate us. Social network.
  3. Liberate – Awareness techniques and meditation to provide means to access the free will to make positive choices.

Here are the slides of the talk Dr. Baylac gave in Paris today – ICNM 2013.