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Author Leyse-Wallace, Ruth, author

Title Nutrition and mental health / Ruth Leyse-Wallace
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages)
Contents Historical perspective -- Addiction, food, alcohol, and caffeine -- Aggression, anger, hostility, and violence -- Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- Genetics, nutrition, and inherited disorders of metetabolism -- Intellect, cognition, and dementia -- Mood disorders : depression, bipolar disorder, and suicide -- Schizophrenia -- Starvation, eating disorders, craving, dieting, and bariatric surgery -- Quality of life, well-being, and stress -- Additional links between mental status and nutritional status -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Tools for nutritional assessment -- Mental health concerns: nutritional concerns matrix
Summary Although primary advanced vitamin and mineral deficiencies are rare in the developed world, many common health conditions deplete nutritional status, including sub-optimal dietary intake, frequent alcohol consumption, changes in appetite due to aging, food allergies or sensitivities, special diets, and eating disorders. Covering topics as diverse as aging, the brain, eating habits, genetics, lifestyle, nutrients, and psychology, this book brings together two extremely complex aspects of life-human nutrition and mental health. Organized by mental health concern as well as nutrient group, Nutrit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed on April 7, 2014)
Subject Mental illness.
Nutrition.
Nutrition disorders.
Mental health.
Nutrition -- Evaluation.
Nutritionally induced diseases.
Mental illness -- Nutritional aspects.
Mental Disorders -- complications
Mental Disorders -- etiology
Mental Health
Nutrition Disorders -- complications
Nutrition Disorders -- psychology
Nutritional Status
Mental Disorders
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Nutrition Disorders
mental disorders.
mental health.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General.
Nutritionally induced diseases
Nutrition -- Evaluation
Mental illness -- Nutritional aspects
Mental health
Mental illness
Nutrition
Nutrition disorders
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439863367
1439863369