MoodBites: Nutrition as support for therapy in mental health diseases
▶Summary
MoodBites project strives to build the capacity of active and future professionals of the mental health sector by providing them with knowledge on the state of the art findings in nutritional psyc...
▶Objectives
MoodBites project strives to build the capacity of active and future professionals of the mental health sector by providing them with knowledge on the state of the art findings in nutritional psychiatry and its practical application in interventions with patients with the help of innovative working tools. We will work to raise awareness of stakeholders in the mental health sector and individuals with psychiatric diagnosis about the direct effect diet has on the brain and on the mental health.
▶Activities
An international multidisciplinary team of experts in the fields of nutrition, conscious eating, mental health and VET will develop a Nutritional psychiatry application model as support in therapy in mental health. The training and practical tools will be piloted and validated in two phases, with students and professionals from the social and educational field, and with mental health services users. We will disseminate the validated tools to stakeholders and will train external organizations.
▶Impact
- eLearning Course on “Nutrition and conscious eating as support for therapy in mental diseases” which will provide professionals with knowledge on nutrition with regards to its effect on the brain functioning, mood regulation and overall mental health -Moodbites Nutrition Program Software mobile app that will provide the infrastructure for professionals to conduct interventions on “Nutrition for mental health”, allowing to plan, monitor and supervise the progress of each client