Integrative and Functional Health Evaluation
An Integrative and Functional Health Evaluation is a comprehensive assessment that looks at how your body and mind are working together. It goes beyond traditional checkups by exploring areas like gut health, hormone levels, inflammation, nutrient balance, stress, and sleep. This evaluation combines lab testing, lifestyle review, and medical history to give us a full picture of your overall health and how it may be impacting your mental well-being.
Many people experience mental and physical symptoms that are connected, but never fully explored. This evaluation helps us identify hidden imbalances and underlying causes that might be contributing to things like anxiety, fatigue, brain fog, or mood swings. It gives us the information we need to create a care plan that truly fits your unique needs and supports long-term healing.
Mental health is deeply connected to what’s happening in the body. Inflammation, gut issues, or nutrient deficiencies can affect how you feel emotionally and mentally. This evaluation helps us understand those links so we can treat the whole person, not just the symptoms. It lays the foundation for more effective and personalized mental health care.
Integrative health evaluation, explained
What does the integrative evaluation include?
Every RECO Immersive client begins with a 3-hour comprehensive evaluation: detailed medical and psychiatric history; comprehensive lab work (50+ markers); qEEG brain mapping; pharmacogenomic testing where relevant; full medication and supplement reconciliation; and a structured lifestyle assessment covering sleep, nutrition, movement, stress, relationships, and meaning.
Who conducts the evaluation?
Our medical director (board-certified psychiatrist with functional medicine training) leads the clinical history. Lab work is drawn by our nursing staff and analyzed by physicians. The qEEG is administered by trained neurofeedback technicians and read by our consulting neurologist. The full evaluation is reviewed in a treatment-planning meeting.
Why is the evaluation so comprehensive?
Because shortcutting the evaluation produces shortcut treatment. The conventional psychiatric intake captures only a fraction of what’s driving most patients’ symptoms. A patient on five medications without lasting benefit is rarely treatment-resistant in the true sense; usually something medical, nutritional, or trauma-related has been missed.
What happens after the evaluation?
Results are reviewed in a follow-up visit (typically 60 minutes) where we present findings, propose a treatment plan, and answer your questions. The plan is collaborative. From there, the plan typically includes a psychiatric medication strategy, targeted nutritional and lifestyle interventions, specific therapy approaches, and adjunctive modalities where indicated.
Will my insurance cover this?
Insurance typically covers the psychiatric components and often some labs. Functional medicine elements (extensive panels, qEEG, supplements) are often out-of-pocket because insurance hasn’t caught up with the science. RECO Immersive’s admissions team works through coverage in detail before treatment begins so there are no surprises.
