Increasingly, we recognize the incredible plasticity of the human brain and the adaptive ability of all individuals. Current individual dysfunction always reflects some element of adequate adaptation to a dysfunctional environment or belief system. Psychiatric signs and symptoms thus become a sentinel signal of imbalance in the individual’s ecosystem and a call for systemic remediation. The connections and relationships that promote health are emphasized while the focus on individual pathologyprogressively becomes less prominent.
Isolated interventions focused solely on individual pathology fail to honor the diverse ecological foundation of human functioning. Ecological influences on the individual psyche such as physical fitness, intimate relationships, belief system, emotional support, nutritional balance, community engagement, selfless service and spiritual purpose carry enormous power for enhancing health. IP dedicates itself to elucidating and marshalling these forces in a positive manner.
Like all known ecosystems and organisms, each individual has an innate ability to rebalance and self-correct. IP honors the homeostatic power within all of us that works constantly to balance our physical, mental and spiritual self. The reacquisition of health becomes a challenge to marry individual strengths, ecological adjustments and beneficent healing techniques that promote balance and safely engage self-healing.
Our mission is to help transform psychiatry through rigorous scientific studies, new models of clinical care and the expansion of our therapeutic palette. IP embraces all evidenced based healing modalities. IP supports the broadening of our current research base and the accumulation of greater wisdom about the rich diversity of therapeutic systems. Our goal thus becomes the deeper potential within that we have yet to tap.
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Scott Shannon, MD graduated from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Following a psychiatric internship he worked for four years inrural Arizona as a general practitioner. Scott then completed a psychiatric residency at a Columbia program in New York. After his child psychiatry fellowship at the University of New Mexico he moved to Colorado. His practice includes a wide variety of approaches including herbs, supplements, medications, nutrition, and acupuncture. Dr. Shannon served as the Principle Investigator on a recent research grant exploring the value of acupuncture in the nausea of chemotherapy.
Scott joined the American Holistic Medical Association in 1978 as a founding member. He served as president of that group from 2000-2001. Scott currently serves on the American Board of Holistic Medicine. Academic Press published his textbook for professionals, Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health in 2002. Rodale Press will publish his book, Please Donąt Label My Child in July of 2007. Dr. Shannon lectures widely to professionals on the holistic/integrative treatment of psychiatric problems.
Scott joined the American Holistic Medical Association in 1978 as a founding member. He served as president of that group from 2000-2001. Scott currently serves on the American Board of Holistic Medicine. Academic Press published his textbook for professionals, Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health in 2002. Rodale Press will publish his book, Please Donąt Label My Child in July of 2007. Dr. Shannon lectures widely to professionals on the holistic/integrative treatment of psychiatric problems.