Treating the whole child: An interview with Scott Shannon, MD. Interview by Nancy Nachman-Hunt

Scott Shannon, MD, is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry in the Integrative Health Clinic at the University of Colorado Children's Hospital in Denver. He is board certified in general and child/adolescent psychiatry and is a founding member of the American Holistic Medical Association, where he served as president from 2001 to 2002. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona Medical School, where he was influenced by renowned holistic medicine practitioner Andrew Weil, MD, who became a mentor. Dr Shannon also is a graduate of the UCLA College of Medicine's Medical Acupuncture Course and has practiced general medicine in a rural setting. He is editor of Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health (Academic Press, 2002), the first textbook on alternative therapies in this field, and Please Don't Label My Child (Rodale Press, 2007). Dr Shannon maintains a private practice in Fort Collins, Colorado.