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Diet and depression

Diet and depression

Explore the powerful connection between diet and mental health in the "Diet and Depression" course. Designed for healthcare professionals, this program examines how dietary patterns influence brain health and mood across life stages. With a focus on the gut-brain axis and evidence-based interventions like the Mediterranean diet, participants will gain insights into managing depression through nutrition. Discover practical strategies to overcome barriers to dietary change, promote patient adherence, and integrate nutritional psychiatry into clinical practice to improve mental well-being and overall health outcomes.

time-icon 4.5 hrs EA | 6.0 hrs RP | 0.0 hrs OM
$195.00
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  • FLEXIBLE TIMING

  • 100% ONLINE

  • accredited Course

  • Expert instructor

The Diet and Depression course provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between nutrition and mental health, focusing on evidence-based strategies to manage depression. The program is divided into two units, each addressing critical aspects of diet and mental health.

Unit 1: Diet and Mental Health – Prevention and Patterns
This unit examines the foundational role of diet in mental health, including:
- Epidemiological Evidence: Explore global data linking dietary quality to mental health outcomes and the growing prevalence of diet-related disorders.
- Dietary Patterns Across Life Stages: Learn how nutrition during early life, adolescence, and adulthood impacts brain development and mental health.
- Key Dietary Factors: Understand how high intakes of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low consumption of ultra-processed foods support mental health.
- Stress and Comfort Eating: Examine the psychological and physiological effects of comfort eating and its implications for mood regulation.

Unit 2: Gut Health, Interventions, and Barriers
This unit delves into advanced topics, including:
- Gut-Brain Axis: Discover the bidirectional communication between gut health and mental well-being, including the role of gut microbiota in regulating mood and cognition.
- Dietary Interventions for Depression: Review clinical evidence supporting the Mediterranean diet and the SMILES trial, which demonstrated significant improvements in depressive symptoms through nutritional changes.
- Barriers to Dietary Change: Explore the psychological, social, and physiological challenges patients face in adopting healthier dietary habits and strategies to address them.
- Practical Implementation: Learn how to motivate patients, use SMART goals, and create tailored nutrition plans that are culturally and socioeconomically sensitive.

This course equips healthcare professionals with actionable insights to leverage dietary strategies in managing depression. By addressing barriers and fostering collaboration, participants will enhance patient outcomes and contribute to the growing field of nutritional psychiatry.

  1. Evaluate the role of diet in the prevention and treatment of common mental health disorders and assess the barriers to dietary treatment. 

All degree qualified medical practitioners.

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CPD Hours:

  • Education hours:  4.5
  • Reviewing performance hours: 6.0
  • Measuring outcome hours:  0.0
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Accreditations:

Royal Australian College of General Practice (RACGP) #485074

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) #31262

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Study Mode:

100% online

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Study duration:

10.5 hrs self-paced

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ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Dr Tetyana Rocks

This course is presented by Dr Tetyana Rocks.

Dr Tetyana Rocks is a postdoctoral research fellow and Health of Translational and Educational stream at the Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University. Her main role within the centre is to support the translation of the current evidence in the field of Nutritional Psychiatry into policy and clinical practice through education and training of health professionals and the wider community in Australia and internationally. Tetyana is also continuing to developing her research in eating disorders, focusing on the role of gut microbiota in treatment. Tetyana is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with extensive experience in tertiary education.