Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health - A Complete Guide to the Food-Mood Connection

A major component of a client's clinical profile is diet, which can greatly influence mental well-being. For example, dietary changes can alleviate anxious and depressive symptoms. But few therapists have any nutrition training and many don't know where to begin. This book provides an essential introductory primer.

About the author

Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, is a traumatologist specializing in integrative medicine. Author of ten books, she trains and supervises clinicians in mental health nutrition and consults to Indigenous communities. She has lived in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for 50 years.James Lake, MD, is on the clinical faculty at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. He practices in Central California.

Summary

Exploring the connection between nutrition and mental wellness so therapists can provide more effective, integrated treatment.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Korn, Leslie E. Korn
• Assisted by: Lake James (Foreword)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.01.2016
• EAN: 9780393709940
• ISBN: 978-0-393-70994-0
• Dimensions: 213 mm x 262 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 1307 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, MEDICAL / Nutrition, Dietetics & nutrition, Psychotherapy, Dietetics and nutrition