Postpartum Depression to Perimenopause- The Key for Women’s Depression Relief

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From Postpartum Depression to Perimenopause, studies show women are almost twice as likely as men to have depression and more than twice as likely to take depression medication.

Depression isn’t ‘all in your head,’

it’s actually rooted in your body and nutritional therapies are an essential addition to psychological therapy in ending the epidemic of depression, according to Dr. James Greenblatt, MD, a dual board-certified psychiatrist and internationally recognized pioneer in functional and integrative psychiatry who is widely regarded as the leading expert on the clinical application of low-dose lithium for mental health.

“Depression is a multifactorial problem with many causes,” says Dr. Greenblatt. “Treatment often requires medication and therapy and lifestyle changes—and addressing biological causes, which must be detected and treated to achieve long-lasting relief. The research and results show that many of the root causes of depression are in your body. In your digestive system. In your hormone-producing endocrine system. In your immune system. And, most importantly, in your brain and its connection to all those other systems.”

The forthcoming book,

Finally Hopeful: The Personalized, Whole-Body Plan to Find and Fix the Root Causes of Your Depression (Jan 13, 2026 | Rodale Press) by James Greenblatt, MD with Bill Gottlieb, CPHC, makes the whole-body approach available to everyone, delivering real hope and real relief. This transformative guide reimagines mental health care by blending cutting-edge psychiatry with nutritional science, holistic medicine, and personalized healing strategies. Rooted in evidence, it emphasizes biochemical individuality and the foundational role of nutrition in mental health.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

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 (available January 2026), 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.

Dr. Greenblatt was a featured panelist at Harvard’s 1st Inaugural Seminar on

Nutritional Lifestyle & Metabolic Psychiatry in October 2025.