Primary Health Tasmania invites GPs, psychiatrists and psychologists from Tasmania to join us for fully funded seminar with Professor Felice Jacka on the topic of gut, brain and mental health connection. Extensive evidence now supports diet quality as an independent risk factor for common mental health problems across countries, cultures, and age groups. Professor Felice Jacka will explore the latest evidence in nutritional psychiatry, with a focus on practical, evidence-based strategies that support brain health through dietary change. There will be an interactive question and answer session and an opportunity to network over dinner with your colleagues.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe the relationship between diet quality, the gut microbiome, and common mental health conditions.
- Interpret current evidence on the role of dietary patterns in the prevention and management of neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions.
- Discuss how nutritional interventions can complement a biopsychosocial, patient-centred approach to mental health in general practice.
This event is RACGP approved for 1.5 Educational Activities hours
ACRRM CPD pending.
Important Information: 40 tickets are available at a first-come, first-served basis. If demand exceeds the maximum allocation, those affected will be on waiting list for further consideration depending upon the venue capacity.
If you are unable to attend the conference, please cancel your attendance in writing by email to events@primaryhealthtas.com.au. This will ensure others don’t miss out.
Speaker information:
Professor Felice Jacka, The Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Deakin Distinguished Professor Felice Jacka OAM is internationally recognized as a leader in the rapidly developing field of research focused on Nutritional Psychiatry and is the founder and immediate-past president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR). She is also founder and director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University. She is the author of the book ‘Brain Changer’ through Pan Macmillan in Australia and Yellow Kite Books in the UK (2019) and ‘There’s a Zoo in my Poo’, published by Pan Macmillan in July 2020. She is a Clarivate Highly Cited researcher (2020-24), putting her in the top 0.1% of scientists worldwide. In 2021 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (Queen’s honour) for her contributions to Nutritional Psychiatry.
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