Brain Optimization and Restoration
Overview
Our Brain Optimization and Restoration Certification, divided into four modules, focuses on the fundamental tenets of brain fitness and memory maintenance. Initial sessions will instruct participants in different diagnosis techniques and screenings, with an initial review and assessment of cognitive biology, anatomy, and physiology of the brain. Later modules will discuss the spectrum of dementia disorders through the perspective of neuropsychiatry, while reviewing brain fitness therapies utilized for disease prevention, memory maintenance, and cognitive function and preservation.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate genetic markers for memory loss - Understand the role that toxins have in memory loss
- Learn commonly used medications that may cause memory loss - Identify nutrients that help maintain memory and focus
- Understand how stress affects memory
- Comprehend the role that insulin dysfunction plays in memory loss
- Understand the value of sleep hygiene and its effect on memory
- Realize the key role stress has on cognition
- Identify the fatty acids that aid in memory maintenance
- Understand the role that inflammation plays in memory loss
- Learn that dysbiosis can affect memory - Identify toxic metals that can affect cognition
- Understand the role neurotransmitters have on memory
Learning Objectives
- Explain the importance of diagnosing and treating patients with memory loss
- Use a review of systems that includes information pertinent to the differential diagnosis of memory loss
- Describe the NIA-AA diagnosed criteria for dementia
- Review the components of a neuropsychological evaluation
- Explore the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease
- Predict patterns of memory performance in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia syndromes
- Discuss which tests & questionnaires can be useful when evaluating patients with memory loss
- Observe the applications of tests & questionnaires to clinical cases
- Practice administration of tests & questionnaires
- Utilize tests & questionnaires to diagnosis patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
- Evaluate strategies that can be used to improve and enhance memory
- Assess the role of diet and exercise in maintaining memory
Learning Objectives
- Understand the nine principles of integrative neuropsychiatry
- Understand the functions, problems and treatment of seven brain systems
- Learn how to subtype ADD, anxiety, depression, addictions, obesity and aggression based on a brain system approach
- Recognize the practical role of neuroimaging in clinical practice, including indications of when to order
- Explore 50 cases to learn demonstrate how to read brain SPECT scans
- Know the rational use of supplements in brain fitness
- Understand lifestyle interventions to boost overall brain fitness
- Understand the role of various forms of psychotherapy, including hypnosis, cognitive therapy, and EMDR
- Obtain a basic knowledge of innovative treatments, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, neurofeedback, light therapy and acupuncture
- Grasp knowledge of specific steps to decrease the risk for Alzheimer’s and related dementias
Learning Objectives
- Define clinical neurophysiology
- Discuss the clinical applications of brain and heart electrophysiology measures
- Discuss source localization methods to help diagnosis medical conditions and track treatment effects
- List major functions of cortical lobes and major subcortical structures
- Overview of connectivity, phase, and coherence concepts related to EEG networks and tracts (e.g. default network, nodes, and modules)
- Discuss Functional Neuroanatomy & Neurophysiology: using EEG/qEEG, MEG, & MRI/fMRI
- List Neurocognitive Testing Platforms
- Discuss functional brain assessments
- Review non-invasive brain imaging technologies applied to TBI and PTSD
- Discuss an introduction to neuro-networks implicated in PTSD
- Review brain computer interface treatments for TBI and PTSD
- Discuss Bio-Predictors of treatment response to serotonergic agents for depression
- Recall the role inflammation plays in depression
- Discuss neurotoxicity and its manifestations
- Review drug, environmental, Lyme, and mold effects on brain
- Review case studies
