NYC’s Leading Integrative Health Care Center
NYC’s Leading Integrative Health Care Center
Depression has become one of the most common yet misunderstood conditions in modern health care. At Patients Medical in New York City, we take a radically different approach. We combine conventional psychiatry with holistic, functional medicine to address the root causes of depression—not just mask symptoms with medication.
We treat the whole person—not just the diagnosis.
Depression is a mood disorder that causes persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest in daily activities. It affects how you think, feel, and function.
There are many types:
Depression can look different for everyone, but these are common red flags:
At Patients Medical, we use functional medicine to identify and treat the underlying reasons behind your depression. Common contributors include:
To get a full picture of your mental and physical health, we use:
We create anti-inflammatory, brain-boosting meal plans to stabilize mood:
Custom infusions to correct deficiencies and support brain health:
Based on your labs, we may recommend:
We help reset your nervous system using:
We address imbalances in:
Healing the gut helps regulate mood by improving neurotransmitter production and reducing inflammation. We use:
Emma, 36, had struggled with depression for 10 years. She was taking SSRIs but still felt fatigued, emotionally flat, and foggy. Our testing revealed:
Her custom protocol included:
After 4 months, Emma reduced her medication dose with her psychiatrist and began sleeping better, reconnecting with loved ones, and feeling joy again.
Depression is a mood disorder caused by biological, psychological, and environmental imbalances—often involving brain chemistry, hormones, and inflammation.
Yes, many patients experience full recovery with functional interventions like nutrition, lifestyle, and hormone balancing. We work with or without medications, depending on your goals.
There’s a genetic component, but lifestyle, environment, and mindset also play a powerful role in whether depression expresses itself.
We look for root causes: gut health, inflammation, hormones, toxins, and nutrition—not just symptoms.
Some patients feel better in 2–4 weeks. Deeper healing often takes 2–6 months, depending on severity and causes.
Maybe not. Many patients taper off medications safely after we correct root causes—but this is always done in collaboration with your psychiatrist.
Yes! Your gut produces most of your serotonin. Gut dysfunction is a major factor in mood disorders.
We recommend hormone panels, vitamin D, omega-3, inflammation markers, gut testing, and genetic methylation testing.
Yes. Hormonal cycles, postpartum changes, and menopause can all impact mood. We address these in our plans.
We’re out-of-network, but provide superbills for reimbursement. Some lab testing may be partially covered.
Patients Medical specializes in gently helping the patient identify the root cause of their medical issues and then assist them to recover from their problems to help them move forward to good health.
To schedule an in person on Tele-medicine appointment, please call our office at (212) 794-8800 or email us at info@PatientsMedical.com We look forward to hearing from you
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1148 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1B New York, NY 10128
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