Scott Shannon, MD
- Past-president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine
- Founder of the largest, most comprehensive integrative mental health clinic in the US
- Well known author of many books on Holistic Medicine
Scott M. Shannon, MD, is assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado and past president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. Board Certified in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry and Integrative Holistic Medicine, he teaches health care professionals around the world how to approach children’s health and well-being holistically, without assuming pathology. He is the founder of the Wholeness Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, the largest and most comprehensive integrative mental health clinic in the U.S.
Academic Press published his textbook, Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health in 2002. Rodale Press released his book for parents and teachers, Please Don’t Label My Child, in 2007. With W. W. Norton & Company in 2013, Dr. Shannon published Mental Health for the Whole Child: Moving Young Clients from Disease & Disorder to Balance & Wellness, which shows clinicians a holistic, full-spectrum approach to children’s well-being. And, in 2014, Parenting the Whole Child: A Holistic Child Psychiatrist Offers Practical Wisdom on Behavior, Brain Health, Nutrition, Exercise, Family Life, Peer Relationships, School Life, Trauma, Medication, and More… was released.
