December 7th Speaker Presentation
Whole Psychiatry & Infection:
Strengthening Host Defenses

By Robert J Hedaya M.D., F.A.P.A.
www.wholepsych.com

The National Capital Lyme & Tick Borne Disease Association is pleased to announce its December speaker will be Robert J Hedaya M.D., F.A.P.A.

Dr. Hedaya, a practitioner and clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, is the founder of Whole Psychiatry - an integrated broad based approach to the evaluation and treatment of psychiatric symptoms and chronic illness. Drawing on information from the diverse fields of psychology, endocrinology, immunology, gastroenterology, functional medicine, nutrition, orthomolecular psychiatry and more, the whole psychiatrist integrates relevant information from any field in every case.

December 7, 2008, 2 to 3:30 pm, Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5255 Loughboro Rd., N.W. Ernst Auditorium. An education discussion and support group sponsored by the National Capital Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Association for patients, their family members and friends.

Attendees may be chemically sensitive. No scented products, please. For information and directions, see www.natcaplyme.org or call (703) 821-8833.

		Robert J Hedaya M.D., F.A.P.A., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital's Department of Psychiatry. He also maintains a private practice and, through his writing, teaching, and lecturing, has earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading psychopharmacologists. He practices in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
www.wholepsych.com		The Antidepressant Survival Program Robert J. Hedaya, M.D. F.A.P.A. More than 25 million Americans at currently taking antidepressants for a wide, range of psychiatric and physical disorders. But these "wonder drugs" have serious side effects - including weight gain, loss of energy, and sexual dysfunction - that afflict up to 80 percent of those who take them. No other book addresses this increasingly prevalent problem. Dr. Robert Hedaya urges side-effect sufferers, to "get a life--a whole life!" by getting on the program that has worked wonders for hundreds of his own patients. Drawing on his expertise in psychiatry, nutrition, and endocrinology, Dr. Hedaya has created a comprehensive program of diet, exercise, stress reduction, and hormone supplementation that actually enhances the benefits of the medication while reducing or completely eliminating its side effects.
Dr. Hedaya’s latest book:		Depression: Advancing the Treatment Paradigm (2008-- FunctionalMedicine.ORG) "This scholarly work provides hope for the more than 50% of depressed and anxious patients who fail to achieve remission when treated with standard treatments. The approach gives new meaning to the biopsychosocial ideal." David M. Goldstein, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine.