Low-dose nutritional lithium is one of the most misunderstood—and most important—nutrients in modern medicine. This book brings clarity to a subject long clouded by stigma, confusion, and the conflation of pharmaceutical and nutritional forms of the same element.
This book is not about replacing psychiatric medications or about a miracle cure. It is about science, restorative biology, and supporting the brain with a nutrient it needs to maintain balance, emotional regulation, cognitive resilience, and long-term stability. It is about the lithium revolution—and meeting the unique physical, mental, and emotional challenges of the 21st century.
In this book, you’ll learn how lithium can help to:
- Boost Mood and Balance Mood Swings
- Prevent and Treat Alzheimer’s
- Cool Irritability, Anger and Aggression
- Resolve Substance Abuse and Addiction—and Prevent Relapse
- Decrease the Risk of Suicide
- Ease the Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, Lyme Disease, the Impulsivity of ADHD, and more
James Greenblatt, MD
Dr. James Greenblatt, MD, is a dual board-certified psychiatrist and internationally recognized pioneer in functional and integrative psychiatry. Widely regarded as the leading expert on the clinical application of low-dose lithium for mental health, Dr. Greenblatt has spent more than 30 years advancing precision-based approaches that move beyond symptom management to address the root causes of mental illness. “When you treat one patient, you help one patient and their family. When I train a clinician, we have the opportunity to help thousands of patients.” This commitment to education and transformation has guided his career and shaped his global influence.
After earning his medical degree at George Washington University, Dr. Greenblatt completed his psychiatry residency there and a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School. He currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine.
A prolific author, Dr. Greenblatt has written nine books, including his newest book, Finally Hopeful: The Personalized, Whole-Body to Find and Fix and Root Causes of Your Depression, and the bestsellers Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD, Answers to Anorexia (updated edition, 2021), Functional & Integrative Medicine for Antidepressant Withdrawal, and Nutritional Lithium: The Untold Tale of a Mineral That Transforms Lives and Heals the Brain—the definitive guide to lithium’s role in psychiatry.
In 2019, he founded Psychiatry Redefined, a leading educational platform training clinicians worldwide in functional and integrative psychiatry. A sought-after international speaker, Dr. Greenblatt regularly lectures on nutritional psychiatry and the transformative role of functional medicine in mental health—and is available for expert commentary, speaking engagements, and media interviews.