Kirkland Newman

Kirkland Newman

Founder & Editor, MindHealth360, Executive Director, IMMH Integrative Medicine for Mental Health

    Kirkland Newman is an Anglo-American journalist and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and Editor of MindHealth360, a free, global resource for integrative mental health and functional medicine psychiatry, the Host of The MindHealth360 Show, and the Executive Director of IMMH, Integrative Medicine for Mental Health.  

    She created MindHealth360 after her own postpartum depression to address the epidemic of mental health issues and the lack of sustainable, root-cause based solutions for mental health in mainstream medicine. She launched the MindHealth360 Show in 2020 to give a voice to the top practitioners of integrative mental health from around the world. In 2023, she took over the leading integrative mental health conference in the US, IMMH, to educate mental health practitioners about the latest scientific research and best clinical practice in integrative mental health and functional medicine psychiatry.

    She has worked for Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Ogilvy & Mather in New York, and for Musiclegal and The Prince’s Trust in London. She is a Co-Founder and Trustee of The Horizon Foundation which provides support for young refugees from the Middle East and Asia.

    Kirkland has a first class/summa cum laude BA/MA from Oxford University in Modern Languages and Literature (French and Spanish); an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in European Studies; and an MA from The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in Near and Middle Eastern Studies. Her dissertation “The Battle for Victimhood, Roles and Narratives of Suffering in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” was published in “Narrating Conflict in the Middle East: Discourse, Image and Communications Practices in Lebanon and Palestine”.

    9:30 am - 10:30 am

    Workshop One - Kirkland Newman Why integrative mental health and functional medicine psychiatry are the next frontier in mental health treatment

    Why is it that some patients, no matter how much evidence-based-recommended therapy they do, or medication they take, never seem to get better? Integrative mental health and functional medicine psychiatry offer hope for sustainable healing to those suffering from mental health issues, their friends, families and health practitioners. These approaches are designed to diagnose and treat the root causes of mental health issues, whether they are biochemical imbalances, psycho-spiritual difficulties or poor lifestyle-behavioural habits. Learn what integrative mental health and functional medicine psychiatry are, how they help diagnose and treat the root causes of mental health issues and why they are essential for sustainable mental health recovery. 
    Learning Outcomes:
    1. Learn about what integrative mental health and functional medicine psychiatry are, how they can be essential to sustainable mental health recovery, and how they differ from each other
    2. Learn the most common root causes of mental health issues, with a focus on the biochemical imbalances which lead to depression, anxiety, adhd, insomnia, memory loss
    3. Learn the key basic treatments for mental health issues, with a focus on the biochemical treatments that can help with depression, anxiety, adhd, insomnia, memory etc…
    4. Learn about the best diagnostic tools and training programmes in integrative mental health and functional medicine psychiatry