Integrative Psychiatry Training
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If this resonates with you …
You are a student or practicing Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant, or Registered Nurse:
✔ Limited by the conventional treatment toolkit (e.g., pharmaceutical dominant).
✔ Frustrated by superficial and fragmented care.
✔ Burnt out by ineffective treatment and treatment resistance.
✔ Tired of chasing symptoms, never getting to the underlying causes and contributing factors.
✔ Stuck finding that symptom reduction does not translate to optimal health, thriving, and well-being.
✔ Isolated by a lack of incorporation of the body and objective evaluation in care.
✔ Curious about innovative strategies to improve well-being.
| Conventional | Functional |
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| Reductive philosophy | Holistic philosophy |
| Specialized, with emphasis on target organ | Systems biology approach, emphasizing system interrelationships |
| Protocolized, algorithmic, one-size-fits-all | Personalized and tailored to the individual |
| Prioritizes pharmaceuticals and surgery | Prioritizes nutraceuticals & lifestyle modification |
| Focus on symptoms | Focus on root causes |
| Health is the absence of disease | Health is wholeness & optimal expression of function |
| Prevention is early detection of disease | Prevention is implementing changes before disease occurs |
Integrative Psychiatry is a solution …
Conventional + Functional = Integrative
Integrative Psychiatry is a subspecialty that comprehensively explores the intersections between the brain, body, and environment by synthesizing conventional and functional medicine. This subspecialty incorporates advanced laboratory, diagnostic, and treatment modalities to personalize care using an expanded toolkit. This holistic understanding of psychiatric care provides a solution to the barriers to effective treatment.
Revolutionize your practice …
Expand your toolkit to include advanced laboratory and diagnostic testing, nutraceuticals, effective psychotherapeutic strategies, and lifestyle modification guidance in addition to pharmaceuticals.
Identify and treat the underlying causes and contributing factors of psychological symptoms.
Tailor treatment to the individual, amplifying the effectiveness of the treatment plan and avoiding treatment resistance.
Address the whole person by minimizing the siloing of care and intervening on brain-body interactions to achieve wellness.
And here's how we can help …
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Presentations are organized based on a guiding clinical model to help you effectively navigate the Integrative Psychiatry approach. With each presentation, you'll receive access to meaningful and organized notes, algorithms, and protocols. You will have the opportunity to immerse in experiential recommendations to nurture your own healing, growth, and development.
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You will receive access to the private community platform where you can build upon your knowledge and skillset, ask questions, network for referral, and explore job opportunities in Integrative Psychiatry. Circle (the host of the community platform) provides an app-based experience as well so you can network on the go.
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With a one-time additional fee of $149, you can submit your completed final exam (completed as you navigate through course material) for grading. Upon passing with a score of 80% or higher you will be awarded 27 continuing education credits and the title of Certified Integrative Psychiatry Professional (IPP-C). The final exam can be repeated as many times as needed without an additional fee.
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Members can add their profile to the provider directory to become searchable and grow their practice and network. This is the only Integrative Psychiatry directory available to the public.
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Contribute to the subspecialty of Integrative Psychiatry through paid presentation contributions. Complete an approved topic presentation for the Center of Integrative Psychiatry and provide notes for learners and you will be compensated for your time.
COMING SOON ... Submit your article manuscript to the Center for Integrative Psychiatry to be peer-reviewed and published in a newly developed journal for the subspecialty of Integrative Psychiatry.
You can't fix a broken system …
Integrative Psychiatry practices taught by the Center for Integrative Psychaitry is based on a clinical theoretical model that effectively captures and navigates an individual through human experiences. This theoretical model, developed by Dr. Nicholas Hatcher, is the first to appreciate human complexity and heterogeneity and effectively translate this into an organized approach to wellness optimization while addressing the mind, body, and spirit.
Our model guides the organization of course material ...
Explore 6 modules, each including organized & concise lectures, downloadable notes, practical summaries for clinical practice, and proposed exercises to build upon the application of the material in the practice setting.
You can review material at your own pace, with direct access to supportive guidance by course faculty and to any added or updated material.
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In this module, you’ll learn the foundations of Integrative Psychiatry, including a focus on how care can be improved by sharpening diagnostic reasoning skills, analyzing the evidence base, and implementing change through the use of quality improvement science. The strengths and weaknesses of the conventional model will be critically appraised.
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In this module, you’ll learn how to analyze behaviors effectively using the behavioral chain analysis. By extension, you’ll learn how to bridge an individual from behavioral change to behavioral transformation by incorporating skills learned from the field of axiology (the study of values). You’ll leave this module with effective tools for implementing behavioral change and transformation.
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In this module, you’ll also explore a synthesis of relevant neuroanatomy and physiology into a practical application format to enhance your conceptualization of brain networks and patient teaching methods. Analyze neurotransmission using advanced laboratory and diagnostic studies to identify areas for support beyond psychotropics. This content will set the stage for conceptualizing syndromic phenotypes and our analysis of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical treatment options.
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In this module, you’ll learn about key body systems influencing the brain and how to analyze and treat these systems effectively using advanced interview, screening, laboratory, and diagnostic techniques. These systems include the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, the gut-brain axis, detoxification, the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis, metabolism, the immune-brain axis, and epigenetics.
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In this module, you’ll learn how to analyze the elements making up the sum total of environmental exposure and how to address them in the plan of care. You’ll receive focused content on lifestyle modifications in the domains of relationships, leisure, labor, nutrition, exercise, sleep, substance use, and spirituality.
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This final module emphasizes how individuals frame their experiences and construct the narrative of their life stories. You’ll learn how to examine and support personality, the conceptualization and experience of the Self, and spirituality. Finally, you'll learn how to tailor integrative psychiatry treatment to each condition.
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Meet the Instructor
Dr. Nicholas Hatcher is a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and dually board-certified acute care (AGACNP) and psychiatric mental health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). He completed his acute care and doctoral education and training at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He then completed a post-doctoral degree in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Fascinated by the relationship between the body and the mind and the discrepancies he recognized in the mental healthcare system, Dr. Hatcher continued his academic journey to include a specialized focus on Integrative Psychiatry and Traumatology. He has completed a Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry and pursued several continuing education opportunities in functional medicine and psychiatry to refine the execution of an integrative model in psychiatry. In his search for a unified and practical model for integrative psychiatry that captures the emergent behaviors of complex systems, Dr. Hatcher has synthesized a theoretical model to serve as the basis for Integrative Psychiatry practice. In his model, he translates dynamic system interrelations into an organized approach that appreciates the uniqueness of each individual and supports the personalization of care.
After appreciating the tremendous benefits of this model in his practice and the need for Integrative Psychiatry community development, Dr. Hatcher became motivated to create the Center for Integrative Psychiatry. Through his extensive experience as an educator, as a dually board-certified provider, and as a caring and compassionate individual, Dr. Hatcher aims to expand the delivery of Integrative Psychiatry.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
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Yes! For a small one-time fee of $149, this program has been approved to award 27 contact hours. This is contingent upon completing the final exam.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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While there is no certifying body for Integrative Psychiatry like the ANCC or AANP, I offer certification upon completion of the program as an Integrative Psychiatric Provider (IPP-C). You can use the credentials and associated certificate to demonstrate to others that you have dedicated your time to studying leading-edge practices in the subspecialty of Integrative Psychiatry.
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You can start incorporating Integrative Psychiatry practices immediately. Each lesson provides tools that you can easily translate into your practice setting. Supportive materials and experiential recommendations will assist in this process.
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Yes! Having the ability to interact and ask questions about this content is important to this learning experience. You will be provided with the instructor’s email address in the program for any questions. You will also have access to the private Integrative Psychiatry community where you can expand upon content and ideas.
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The program material is delivered through the membership portal under the course library and will include concise presentations, downloadable lecture notes, practical summaries, and proposed exercises for engaging with content.
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As long as you maintain a membership! You will have immediate and ongoing access to all course material including any added content or revisions made to the material. The course is self-paced, so you can take your time exploring the material.
Ongoing research and associated revisions and new content are added to provide the highest quality of evidence-based material and value to participants.
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Yes! Course material is designed to meet you where you are, building a foundation for your understanding of Integrative Psychiatry. You will also have access to the program instructor and the community for any questions or assistance.
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While the program is designed for the student or practicing Nurse Practitioner, Physician, or Physician Assistant, the program welcomes registered nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and anyone else interested in Integrative Psychiatry. A foundational understanding of biological and health sciences is recommended.
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The Center for Integrative Psychiatry is designed to elevate psychiatric providers to the leading edge of evidence-based and personalized practice. All course material is thoroughly reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis in light of advancements in Integrative Psychiatry.
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Pricing For Membership
This membership provides access to the most competitively priced Integrative Psychiatry course material on the market.
$59/month
Use code RYCFIP2025 to get 50% off your first month.
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