Nutritional Psychiatry: Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Practice of Mental Health Professionals
Introduction In 2016 the United Nations launched their “Decade of action on nutrition” promoting a healthy and sustainable food pattern. The International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research held its first International Conference in 2017. Current evidence in this area consists mainly of as...
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Introduction
In 2016 the United Nations launched their “Decade of action on nutrition” promoting a healthy and sustainable food pattern. The International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research held its first International Conference in 2017. Current evidence in this area consists mainly of association studies, while interventional studies with food supplements or altered diet patterns are starting to emerge.
Objectives
To our knowledge practice based research on promoting healthy food and investigating the role of medical professionals is scarse in general and especially so in psychiatry. Hence, our research questions were: 1. What is the attitude of mental health professionals with regard to promoting healthy food in their patients. 2. What is the subjective knowledge and attention in training schemes on this topic.
Methods
We conducted a self-made online questionnaire using a 5 point Likert Scale. Surveys were sent out to 50 mental health professionals of our institution, including psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, General Practitioners and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners. Results were analysed with descriptive statistics.
Results
40 (80%) of the respondents returned the questionnaire. 65% of respondents considered promoting healthy food as a key task for themselves in their daily practice. 45% of respondents believed their patients would be reluctant to follow advice on healthy diet. 62% had sufficient knowledge on the subject to give professional advice, while 65% answered this topic received insufficient attention during their training.
Conclusions
In this survey we found the role of promoting healthy diet deserves more attention in mental health practice and training. Smartphone applications may ameliorate treatment adherence.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1749952b6eff4a8493d1a3277b1881512023-11-17T05:08:28ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S682S68210.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1756Nutritional Psychiatry: Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Practice of Mental Health ProfessionalsP. Michielsen0D. De Smet1Mental Health Western Brabant, Outpatient Clinic, Halsteren, NetherlandsMental Health Western Brabant, Outpatient Clinic, Halsteren, Netherlands Introduction In 2016 the United Nations launched their “Decade of action on nutrition” promoting a healthy and sustainable food pattern. The International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research held its first International Conference in 2017. Current evidence in this area consists mainly of association studies, while interventional studies with food supplements or altered diet patterns are starting to emerge. Objectives To our knowledge practice based research on promoting healthy food and investigating the role of medical professionals is scarse in general and especially so in psychiatry. Hence, our research questions were: 1. What is the attitude of mental health professionals with regard to promoting healthy food in their patients. 2. What is the subjective knowledge and attention in training schemes on this topic. Methods We conducted a self-made online questionnaire using a 5 point Likert Scale. Surveys were sent out to 50 mental health professionals of our institution, including psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, General Practitioners and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners. Results were analysed with descriptive statistics. Results 40 (80%) of the respondents returned the questionnaire. 65% of respondents considered promoting healthy food as a key task for themselves in their daily practice. 45% of respondents believed their patients would be reluctant to follow advice on healthy diet. 62% had sufficient knowledge on the subject to give professional advice, while 65% answered this topic received insufficient attention during their training. Conclusions In this survey we found the role of promoting healthy diet deserves more attention in mental health practice and training. Smartphone applications may ameliorate treatment adherence. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822017564/type/journal_articleNutritionalpreventiontreatment adherenceresidency training |
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