James Greenblatt, MD - “FINALLY HOPEFUL: The Personalized, Whole-Body Plan to Find and Fix the Root Causes of Your Depression” Ep. 3144
Bernadette talks with Dr. James Greenblatt about his newest book, FINALLY HOPEFUL: The Personalized, Whole-Body Plan to Find and Fix the Root Causes of Your Depression with Bill Gottlieb, CPHC, authors of Finally Focused.
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 approached 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 (released 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 for 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.
His book, Finally Hopeful: The Personalized, Whole-Body Plan to Find and Fix the Root Causes of Your Depression 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.
Finally Hopeful integrates physical, emotional, and behavioral dimensions of healing. Rather than rejecting conventional medicine, it offers a nuanced framework for using antidepressants wisely, including a step-by-step deprescribing plan. Finally Hopeful is a new framework for mental health care that’s proactive, personalized, and built for thriving, not just surviving.
Please visit him at PsychiatryRedefined.org or
JamesGreenblattMD.com, for more information.
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We go beyond symptom management to understand what’s really driving your mental health—so your care is personalized, precise, and built around your whole story.
At Finally Living Now, we combine the best of conventional psychiatry with whole-person, functional mental healthcare to understand you fully. Our team takes the time to listen, learn, and test — exploring the biological, nutritional, metabolic, and lifestyle factors that shape mental health.
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