Ep 173: Using Integrative and Reproductive Psychiatry to Blend Traditional Treatments and Holistic Options with Dr. Susan Zink Part 2 cover art

Ep 173: Using Integrative and Reproductive Psychiatry to Blend Traditional Treatments and Holistic Options with Dr. Susan Zink Part 2

Ep 173: Using Integrative and Reproductive Psychiatry to Blend Traditional Treatments and Holistic Options with Dr. Susan Zink Part 2

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Dr. Zink brings over 16 years of expertise as a board-certified adult psychiatrist. Her passion is helping women struggling with anxiety, depression, insomnia, or hormonal mood changes related to pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause feel like their best selves again.

She completed rigorous premedical and medical education at Princeton and Georgetown, followed by specialty psychiatric training at UC San Diego.

With a special focus on reproductive and integrative psychiatry, Dr. Zink is deeply knowledgeable about traditional psychiatric medicine and research-backed natural and complementary interventions. She has published articles and content about perinatal psychiatry and regularly provides didactic trainings on the topic to local medical school and residency training programs.

She is accepting new patients in her private practice EleMental Integrative Psychiatry in Linwood, NJ.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

  • How to assess why someone may be having problems sleeping before looking at supplements
  • Commonly used and best studied natural supplements that can potentially help with sleep
  • How sleep apnea rises with age and occurs in 50-60% of women in the menopause transition phase
  • How melatonin supplements can help with natural levels of melatonin starting to decrease with age
  • Combinations of supplements that can potentially promote better sleep by producing a calming effect
  • Free resources for getting cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI)
  • Botanicals or supplements with literature to back their effectiveness
  • Checking iron levels with restless leg syndrome
  • How to the safety of natural supplements
  • Why it is important for supplements to be USP or NSF certified
  • Supplement or herbal brands that Dr. Susan Zink personally trusts
  • Any differences for what works for women in a certain period of hormonal change and transition in life
  • How to determine the duration for how long a patient should take a certain supplement

And more!

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https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

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Connect with Dr. Zink:

Email:
drzink@elementalintegrativepsych.com

Website:
https://elementalintegrativepsych.com/

Instagram:
@elemental_integrative_psych

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