Special Report: Using Nutrition as a Therapeutic Modality
Posted on 23rd January 2025 by Dan Price
There is growing recognition of the role of nutrition in mental health. Poor dietary habits are now understood as modifiable risk factors for mental health. Further, research suggests that individuals with psychiatric illness are more likely to have poor dietary patterns, disordered eating behaviors, and nutritional deficiency, contributing to both physical and mental health comorbidities. Therefore, there is an urgent need to integrate lifestyle interventions such as nutrition management in treating psychiatric illness (Morkl, et al., 2021).
The World Health Organization highlights nutrition as a key component in reducing the life-expectancy gap between people with psychiatric disorders and the general population (Teasdale, et al., 2020). Similarly, the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research, founded in 2013, has worked to establish a cohesive framework for integrating nutrition into psychiatric care (Jacka, 2017).
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