The creation of "Root Cause Psychiatry" was inspired by a recognition of significant gaps in the mental health care landscape:

1. Limitations of conventional psychiatry: Many practitioners found themselves constrained by a system that primarily relied on medication management, often lacking the tools or training to help patients who didn't respond to standard treatments.

2. Pseudoscience in holistic care: While many patients sought alternative approaches, the field was often dominated by practitioners offering unproven treatments and pseudoscientific methodologies, lacking a solid evidence base.

3. Need for an integrated, evidence-based approach: There was a clear demand for a model that combined the rigor of conventional psychiatry with scientifically-backed functional medicine principles.

4. Advancements in functional medicine research: Emerging studies in areas like nutrigenomics, the gut-brain axis, and chronic inflammation provided new, evidence-based avenues for mental health treatment.

5. Practitioner experiences: Founders often had personal or professional experiences where integrating functional medicine principles with conventional psychiatry led to better outcomes.

6. Desire for personalization: Growing understanding of individual biochemical differences highlighted the need for more tailored treatment plans.

7. Bridging the divide: There was a clear opportunity to create a practice that offered the best of both worlds - conventional psychiatric expertise and evidence-based functional medicine - without forcing patients to choose between them.