Nutritional psychiatry

Choose your own adventure: Which scenario do you identify with?

My moment of truth professionally came in 2014 at the American Psychiatric Association annual conference. I had picked up on the increased interest in Nutritional Psychiatry, but I was still concerned with what my colleagues might think. To my surprise, my concern was unfounded. Emily Deans, MD and I led a workshop, Brain Food: From…

“How do we protect our brain health? Can you use your fork? Simple question LOTS of strong opinions. Thank you #katrinkristin for this sketch of my @TEDxTVC @TEDTalks It’s especially meaningful to me this Monday with #NutritionalPsychiatry in the @nytimes #brainfood @ColumbiaPsych”

We asked the nutritional psychiatry experts what to eat for a better mood.

We asked the nutritional psychiatry experts what to eat for a better mood.

‘What we stick in our mouths matters to our mental health,’ says a leading light in this new field. So what should we be eating?

It's hard to imagine that our thoughts, actions, emotions and behaviour belong to anyone other than ourselves, or are caused by anything beyond character or destiny. But from a neuroscientist's perspective - or more specifically, the perspective of neuro-nutrition - research makes clear that diet plays a determinant role in every aspect of brain function, literally shaping the performance and outcome of our minds.

What is nutritional psychology, and what is nutritional psychiatry? Here, experts break down what to know about this approach to mental wellness.

According to Georgia Ede, M.D.