Nutritional Psychiatry A Primer for Clinicians

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• Dietary advice for disorders such as major depression and anxiety is provided. There is a significant focus on the Mediterranean diet which is the most extensively studied diet in relation to mental health
• There is increasing evidence that the brain-gut-microbiota axis is involved in key psychiatric disorders. The findings presented will bring clinicians and academics up-to-date with developments
• Supplements such as probiotics are increasing taken by psychiatric patients, in many cases without adequate evidence. The book provides a detailed analysis of the evidence base for Probiotics (Psychobiotics) and other supplements

1. Basic principles of nutrition Eileen Gibney
2. Diet and the microbiome-gut-brain axis: Feeding your microbes for mental health benefit Kenneth J. O`Riordan, Elizabeth Schneider, Ger Clarke and John F. Cryan
3. The Mediterranean diet and mental health Mary I. Butler and Sabrina Mörkl
4. Psychobiotics and fermented foods Ted Dinan
5. Diet interventions for anxiety and depression Heidi M. Staudacher, Scott Teasdale, Caitlin Cowan, Rachelle Opie, Tetyana Rocks and Felice N. Jacka
6. Schizophrenia, Microbiota and Nutrition John R. Kelly
7. Recognising the importance of nutrition for child and adolescent mental health Cohen Kadosh and Dr Nicola Johnstone
8. Old age and nutrition Ivan Aprahamian, Andréia de Oliveira Pain and Sandra Maria Lima Ribeiro
9. Broad-spectrum micronutrients and mental health Julia J. Rucklidge, Jeanette M. Johnstone, Amelia Villagomez, Noshene Ranjbar and Bonnie J. Kaplan
10. Epigenetics Lynda Sedley.