Manlove Brain + Body Health adds brain health coaching for depression treatment
Actively coaching patients through healthy lifestyle changes improves responses to drug and TMS therapy, reduces chance of relapse
Manlove Brain + Body Health (MB+BH) recently added brain health coaching to its long list of health services.
“At Manlove Brain + Body Health, we have always stressed the importance of full body health and how it affects the brain,” says Dr. Manlove, MD. “We have seen that by making healthy lifestyle changes, our patients have a better response to their psychiatric treatments. This is because exercising, eating healthy, managing stress and meditating help improve neuroplasticity and increase brain growth, which are two goals of psychiatric treatments. Because whole body health and depression treatments work synergistically, patients get relief quicker and may even be able to reduce treatments over time.”
Led by Certified Health Coach, Jodi Thom, MB+BH patients can now receive coaching to improve their brain health. “When people hear that our patients have only a 10% relapse rate compared to the average depression relapse rate of 40-50%, they want to know what we’re doing differently,” says Ms. Thom. “Focusing on customized lifestyle improvements that will facilitate brain health is one of the main factors that helps our patients get sustaining relief for their unique mental health condition. I’m so excited to take our focus on overall health to the next level by providing patients with personalized plans to improve their habits for activity, diet, sleep, and relationships.”
“To give a dietary example, according to Harvard Health, 95% of an individual’s serotonin is produced in their gastrointestinal tract, meaning what you eat and how well your body processes that food directly impacts how you feel,” said Thom. “Our team’s job is to give people the practical tools to make smart choices and behavioral changes.”
While overall health is important for treating all brain diseases including dementia, anxiety, and mood disorders, it is especially important for the 30% of depression patients with treatment resistant depression. Commonly referred to as unipolar depression, treatment resistant depression is defined as depression that has not responded to two or more antidepressant medications.
When sustainable lifestyle changes are made in combination with TMS, ketamine, or esketamine (Spravato) treatments, patients suffering with Major Depressive Disorder can get the relief they need.
Call today to schedule a virtual or in-person session: (605) 348-8000.
Stephen Manlove, MD is one of the most entrepreneurial psychiatrists in the upper Midwest. Dr. Manlove graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed residencies in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine through the University of Virginia Medical School. He holds multiple board certifications in psychiatry/neurology, internal medicine and forensic psychiatry. This deep understanding of medicine gives him a unique ability to practice truly holistic psychiatry—fusing lifestyle changes and brain health best practices with genetic testing and a detailed laboratory workup to develop a personalized plan for each patient. As an early adopter of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and ketamine/Spravato, he and the Manlove Brain + Body team have helped thousands of patients suffering from treatment resistant depression, anxiety and PTSD.
