‘An apple a day’?: Psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists report poor literacy for nutritional medicine: international survey spanning 52 countries

Autor: Josef M Tatschl, Joseph Ben-Sheetrit, Susanne Bengesser, Annamaria Painold, Christian Vajda, Sabrina Mörkl, Linda Stell, Diana V Buhai, Melanie Schweinzer, Ana C Serban, Theresa Lahousen, Matthäus Fellinger, Sandra Holasek, Robertas Strumila, Andreas Oberascher, Jolana Wagner-Skacel, Sonja Lackner, Ana-Marija Vejnovic, Mary I Butler, Vicent Balanzá-Martínez, Polona Rus-Prelog, Scott B Teasdale, Nikola Zaja, Eva Z. Reininghaus, Annabel S. Müller-Stierlin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Counseling
Male
Ernährung
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Databases
Factual
Nutrition Education
Psychology
Clinical
psychotherapists
Mental disorders
Literacy
supplements
0302 clinical medicine
ddc:150
Surveys and Questionnaires
030212 general & internal medicine
Medizinische Ausbildung
media_common
Psychiatry
Psychische Störung
education.field_of_study
education
Nutrition and Dietetics
nutritional psychiatry
DDC 150 / Psychology
Mental Health
psychiatric disorders
nutrition
diet
mental health professionals
psychiatrists
psychologists
Professional association
Female
Psychology
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Psychotherapeut
medicine.medical_specialty
Best practice
media_common.quotation_subject
Health Personnel
Population
lcsh:TX341-641
Article
Nutrition knowledge
03 medical and health sciences
Nutrition therapy
medicine
Humans
Methods
International survey
Mental health
Diet
Health personnel
Education
Mental health services
Psychologe
Family medicine
Dietary Supplements
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Food Science
Psychiatrie
Zdroj: Nutrents, Basel : MDPI, 2021, vol. 13, art. no. 822, p. [1-26]
Nutrients
r-INCLIVA. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de INCLIVA
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Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 822, p 822 (2021)
Volume 13
Issue 3
ISSN: 2072-6643
DOI: 10.18725/oparu-43258
Popis: Nutritional interventions have beneficial effects on certain psychiatric disorder symptomatology and common physical health comorbidities. However, studies evaluating nutritional literacy in mental health professionals (MHP) are scarce. This study aimed to assess the across 52 countries. Surveys were distributed via colleagues and professional societies. Data were collected regarding self-reported general nutrition knowledge, nutrition education, learning opportunities, and the tendency to recommend food supplements or prescribe specific diets in clinical practice. In total, 1056 subjects participated in the study: 354 psychiatrists, 511 psychologists, 44 psychotherapists, and 147 MHPs in-training. All participants believed the diet quality of individuals with mental disorders was poorer compared to the general population (p < 0.001). The majority of the psychiatrists (74.2%) and psychologists (66.3%) reported having no training in nutrition. Nevertheless, many of them used nutrition approaches, with 58.6% recommending supplements and 43.8% recommending specific diet strategies to their patients. Only 0.8% of participants rated their education regarding nutrition as ‘very good.’ Almost all (92.9%) stated they would like to expand their knowledge regarding ‘Nutritional Psychiatry.’ There is an urgent need to integrate nutrition education into MHP training, ideally in collaboration with nutrition experts to achieve best practice care.
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