Awaremed Medical Institute

Mood disease U turn

Lifestyle 101 Mental disorders U-Turn: Treatment, Prevention, Whole Health

Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Staggering recent statistics reveal that 57.7 million Americans suffer from a variety of mental disorders. In addition, mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada. Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for 2 or more disorders.

The good news is that experts in health, lifestyle, and medicine in the AWAREmed Lifestyle 101 program can teach you how to avoid becoming one of these statistics as you reclaim your health and vitality.

First, Lifestyle 101 will help you to understand Mental disorders, whether your interest lies in its prevention or treatment. Much is known about Mental disorders prevention, and our Four Pillars program will give you the tools to build a healthy lifestyle and prevent all types of disease.

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with Mental disorders, it is important to understand both the diagnosis and your treatment options – and there are many. Knowledge leads to empowerment, and our health and medicine professionals will help you advocate for yourself and find the best options for you and your life.

A number of treatments, both alternative and complementary, are available for Mental Disorders, Some of these include:

• Therapeutic nutrition
• IV therapies
• Mind-Body-Spirit counseling
• Psycho-neuro-immunology
• Constitutional hydrotherapy
• Homeopathy

A key focus of AWAREmed is on the synergy of the mind-body-and spirit connections, along with evidence-based medical approaches.

Turn your life around with the help of our experts, in a medically supervised program tailored just for you.

Anxiety and depressive disorders are major public health problems, and desirable changes in lifestyle, such as exercise and proper nutrition, can be of great potential for prevention and treatment. There is growing evidence that physically active people are at a reduced risk of developing depression and that exercise interventions are associated with significant benefits for patients with mild to moderate forms of depression as well as in reducing anxiety. These findings have led to the proposal that exercise may serve as an alternative or a supplement to traditional forms of therapy. The prevalence of depression is lower in countries where the consumption of seafood is high, and omega-3 fatty acids seem to be beneficial in the management of mood disorders. Stimulants are often used as forms of self-medication in patients with anxiety or depressive disorders. Although providing short-term relief, they may have long-term adverse effects.

The Four Pillars

Lifestyle 101 addresses four key components of a healthy lifestyle: nutrition, exercise, stress management, and spirituality.

Food is Medicine.

An experienced medical nutritionist will offer nutrition education specific to cancer regression and prevention.

You will visit the grocery store on a group field trip and learn to make healthy selections up and down the aisles. In hands-on kitchen skills sessions, will guide and teach you how to make health-promoting whole and healthy food delicious.

Exercise.

Our Cinzia exercise physiologists will help you to customize workouts that include walking, resistance training, and other physical activities. You will learn exercises that can easily continue at home with hand weights, exercise balls, and stretch bands.

Stress management.

You will learn stress management techniques with our experts, who will lend support as you practice until you master them. A first class certified Yoga instructor will teach you simple postures and breathing exercises to help you unwind, and a Reiki Master will guide you as you learn to release tension from mind and spirit.

Spirituality.

In a way free of religion, our spiritual coaches will help you find your place and connection to everything around you. You will discover how important this is, and how this connection impacts your health.

After you complete the initial six week program of 12 four-hour sessions, you will be enrolled in five follow-up sessions over the following year. You will then be eligible for additional sessions in subsequent years, as well as becoming a lifetime member of the AWAREness Accountable program.

Reclaim Your Health!

We invite you to share in an experience that will have a lasting impact on your life - you deserve it! We promise that learning how to take care of your body will be fun, and that you will come away with a new sense of wellness, purpose, and calm.