Supporting Mood Disorders
At Bio Concepts we pride ourselves on educating and supporting practitioners in assessing and treating each patient as an individual, focusing on their specific biochemical, physiological and pathological presentation. The provision of comprehensive assessment is why a practitioner consultation is of much greater value to an individual, than self prescription or simple over the counter advice.
Neurotransmitters play a key role in cognitive and mental function, and an imbalance of neurotransmitters may be associated with subsequent neuronal dysfunction and mood disorders. Such imbalances may vary in different people, and often various neurotransmitters are involved in a complex interplay with other relevant physiological factors. It is not always as simple as categorising people into different boxes. Assessment of imbalances may enable more specific treatment programs to nutritionally support neurotransmitter dysfunction.
Patients with mental health conditions, experience a great amount of turmoil and frustration as their condition can sometimes affect their daily lives with more vengeance than other more physical pathologies. Therefore, initial support of neurotransmitter imbalances, may help to provide fast symptomatic relief and allow patients to function better day to day, while the root of their condition is determined and subtly treated. A patient who associates an improvement of symptoms with you, their practitioner, is more likely to comply with future treatments as you address the complex interplay of factors that make up the root cause of their condition.
Australian Symposium of
Orthomolecular Nutrition
presented by Henry Osiecki, Dr Igor Tabrizian and Dr Reza Samvat
Please click on the link below to access your limited invitation as well as the dates and times for your local capital city. Alternatively, please do not hesitate to contact Katherine our Events Manager on 07 3868 0699 to place your registration.
Click here to download a PDF brochure / registration form for the Australian Symposium of Orthomolecular Nutrition:
http://www.bioconcepts.com.au/orthomolec08/orthomolecular_invite.pdf
Nutrition Medicine in Health & Disease
presented by the Australian College of Holistic Medicine
The next Australian College of Holistic Medicine / Nutrition Medicine Workshop will be held on Saturday 7th June, Sunday 8th June, Monday 9th June 2008 (Queen's Birthday Weekend) at the Holiday Inn Hotel on the Gold Coast. You can choose to attend one or more of the three day programs presented by the Australian College of Holistic Medicine. For more information contact the conference organizer Marilyn Strauss on 07 5531 3810 or visit http://www.nutritionmedicine.org
Presented By
• Professor, Dr. Melvyn A Sydney-Smith. KGSJ, MBBS, PhD, FACNEM, Program Coordinator, Master of Nutrition Medicine (RMIT University)
Preferred Guest Lecturers
• Professor Ian Brighthope MBBS, D.Ag.Sci., FACNEM, FACHM
• Dr Gary Deed MBBS, FACNEM, Associate Senior Lecturer (RMIT)
• Dr Fernando Cortizo B.Sc. (Hons), PhD
• Dr Henry Butt B.Sc. M.Sc. PhD. Senior Fellow (UM)
• Dr Tini Gruner PhD, MSc, ND. Senior Lecturer (SCU)
• Dr Philip Stowell M.B. B.S. (London) F.A.C.N.E.M.
• And other invited guest presenters.
Click here to download a PDF brochure / registration form for the ACHM Nutrition Medicine in Health & Disease:
http://www.bioconcepts.com.au/achm08/achm_nut_med_flyer.pdf