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Diet and depression

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

Diet and depression
CPD 10.5 hours accredited learning
Learning format Self-paced online, start anytime
Recognition Digital badge upon completion

Overview

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.

What you will learn

  • Recognise key clinical features and subtypes
  • Develop practical treatment plans using topical, systemic and procedural options
  • Identify triggers, patient factors and long-term management strategies
  • Apply evidence-based approaches in everyday clinical practice

Course contents

Meet your presenter

Dr Tetyana Rocks

Dr Tetyana Rocks

Head of Translational and Educational stream, Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University

Dr Tetyana Rocks is a postdoctoral research fellow and Head 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.

CPD hours

Education hours4.5
Reviewing performance hours6.0
Total CPD hours10.5

Accreditations

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Accreditation number: 485074

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Accreditation number: 38580

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