Are you interested in learning about the role of nutrition in managing mental health from expert researchers in the field?
In their online course, Nutrition and Mental Health, Drs. Bonnie Kaplan and Julia Rucklidge provide critical, research-based information on the role of nutrition in preventing and treating mental health challenges. They augment their presentation with a brief review of changes in nutrition over the past several centuries and introduce the potential mechanisms of action in micronutrient treatments.
Dr. Kaplan is a professor of medicine at the University of Calgary. She has published widely on the biological basis of developmental disorders and mental health, particularly the contribution of nutrition to brain development and function.
Dr. Rucklidge is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Canterbury. For 6 decades, she has been investigating the role of micronutrients in the expression of mental illness, with a specific focus on ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety and more recently, stress and PTSD associated with the Canterbury earthquakes.
The course is free and available to anyone. It also qualifies for 2.5 CME credits as approved by the American Academy of Family Physicians and CEUs as approved by Commonwealth Educational Seminars. Those wishing to claim credits will need to pay US$37.50.