Food as Medicine Program - A Group Medical Program for Mental and Physical Disorders
Condition Specific Support, Food, Healthcare Providers, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, and Mental Health - Child & Youth
Provided by Mood Disorders Association of BC (MDABC)
Treatment will include evidence-based dietary changes, lifestyle modifications, and the select use of supplements. There will be a focus on the gut-brain axis and how to improve gut health and nurture a healthy microbiome. You will be taught which foods cause harm to your body and how to use food as medicine. Participants should be prepared to make major changes to their diet.
These group medical visits are led by a psychiatrist and naturopath trained in functional medicine and nutritional psychiatry. The group program meets once a week for 8 weeks. Each group is 2 hours.
This group is suitable for patients with the following diagnoses:
- Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar and other mental disorders;
- Irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s Disease and other gastrointestinal disorders;
- Premenstrual syndrome, fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and other gynecological disorders;
- Diabetes, hypertension, obesity, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome and other metabolic disorders;
- Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurological disorders;
- Osteoarthritis, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, migraines, and other pain disorders;
Individuals can be on prescription medications; however, the Food As Medicine program physicians will not be prescribing or managing medications – this will continue to be the responsibility of the referring physician/family physician.
What Is Not Included: Medication prescription and medication management, Provision of care beyond the group medical program, and one-on-one patient care.
604-873-0103
Public email: info@mdabc.net
Website: https://lookoutsociety.ca/mdabc...
#1030, 789 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1H2
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
Details: To refer a patient to the Food as Medicine group program, clinicians should download the appropriate referral form below and fax the completed form to MDABC. Referred individuals will be scheduled for a consultation to determine if the program is a suitable fit. Please note that space is limited and not all referrals can be accommodated. A waitlist will be maintained, and individuals will be assessed for their availability and level of commitment prior to acceptance.
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Mood Disorders Association of BC (MDABC):
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- Counselling and Wellness Centre - For individuals, couples, and families
- Moves for Mind and Mood
Availability
Service area: Anmore, Bowen Island, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver, White Rock + show cities
Service Types Provided
- Condition Specific Support: Alzheimers/Dementia, Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Parkinson's
- Anxiety - Adult
- Depression
- Anxiety - Child & Youth
- Depression - Child & Youth
- Condition Specific Support: Fibromyalgia and Pain
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at a single location
- Provided in a group in-person
- Provided online: email / video / on-line
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