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The latest advances in neuroscience and nutrition research, along with improved understanding of the mind-gut connection, have demonstrated that what we eat can significantly affect how we feel - not only physically, but also emotionally. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 50% of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14 and 75% by age 24.1 These statistics are staggering and are on the rise. As such, it’s likely that a variety of health care practitioners will work with clients, patients, and community members who experience depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and more.
On Thursday, March 23, from 2-3:30 p.m. ET, join Karman Meyer, RDN, LDN, and Lauren Clanton, APRN, PMHNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC,for an interactive, interprofessional webinar that discusses the foundational elements of the food and mental health connection. This expert duo will detail strategies and discuss tools that will help you serve your patients more effectively. Engage in a case study review that demonstrates collaboration across the health care professions and participate in group discussion to learn how to improve care for patients using nutrition for better mental health.
1. Mental health by the numbers. (n.d.). Nami.org. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://nami.org/mhstats?gclid=Cj0KCQiAn4SeBhCwARIsANeF9DJUy1pp3YFDpJ-EnhX1nLgqW1Lgrfad67eXEPJnuK8UNuLLXE_rq6MaAiaNEALw_wcB.
Learning Objectives
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Counsel clients who may be experiencing depression, anxiety, or other common mental health diagnoses, using a new understanding of the gut-brain connection.
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Recommend specific nutrients and “focus foods” that play a role in mental health improvement.
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Explain specific diets, eating patterns, and foods that can exacerbate mental health symptoms.
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Compile a sample food list and/or recipe ideas that incorporate foods that may help improve the effects of common mental health diagnoses.
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Collaborate with health care team members to better understand when and how to refer patients to a mental health specialist.
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About Our Presenters
Lauren Clanton, APRN, PMHNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from East Tennessee State University before moving to Nashville to complete her Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University, where she graduated in 2012. Over the last 10 years, she has called Nashville home and has worked in the psychiatric hospital, nursing home, hospice, and primary care settings. She completed her post-master’s Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Certification in May of 2021 and is duly certified as an adult/gerontological primary care nurse practitioner and a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (AGPCNP-BC and PMHNP-BC). She currently practices as a full-time psychiatric nurse practitioner at Faith Family Medical Center. She also does behavioral health and integrative medicine consultations at a private practice in Nashville, Mindstream Integrative Medicine. A big part of Lauren’s practice includes helping patients focus on lifestyle modification and dietary interventions as part of their mental health improvement. In her spare time, Lauren enjoys practicing yoga regularly and is also a certified yoga instructor.
Karman Meyer, RDN, LDN, is a dietitian with 15 years of experience in the nutrition and food industry. She's the author of “Eat To Sleep: What To Eat & When To Eat It for a Good Night's Sleep” and “The Everything DASH Diet Meal Prep Cookbook.” Karman has been featured on PBS and in publications such as Bon Appetit, Shape Magazine, FoodNetwork.com, and WomensHealthMag.com. She is passionate about sharing the facts about food and nutrition and encouraging others to use food as their all-natural solution to improved health.
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Disclosures
The faculty and planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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Joint Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses
Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
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