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Updated in [August 13th, 2023]

Skills and Knowledge Acquired:
This course will provide participants with the skills and knowledge to understand how dietary choices can affect mental and brain health. Participants will gain an understanding of the role of the immune system and gut microbiome in mental and brain health. Additionally, the course will provide research evidence, practical examples, and skills development in dietary intake assessment, strategies, and resource sharing for dietary change. Participants will also gain an understanding of how to apply this knowledge to their own lives and to those of their patients.


Contribution to Professional Growth:
This course provides an introduction to the link between diet and mental health, and how healthy dietary choices can improve mental and brain health. It provides research evidence, practical examples, skills development, and collaboration on dietary intake assessment, strategies and resource sharing for dietary change. By taking this course, professionals can gain a better understanding of how diet can affect mental health, and how to use dietary changes to improve mental health. This knowledge can be used to help patients and clients make better dietary choices, and to provide more effective mental health care.


Suitability for Further Education:
This course is suitable for preparing further education as it provides research evidence, practical examples, skills development, and collaboration on dietary intake assessment, strategies and resource sharing for dietary change. It is designed for anyone with an interest, or with experience of, good or bad mental health, and might be of interest to healthcare practitioners working with people with mental and brain health issues or in roles related to diet, nutrition and mental and brain health education.