Journal article
Supporting Maternal and Child Mental Health Through Dietary Changes Focused on the Gut Microbiota
Psychiatric Annals, Vol.52(2), pp.51-55
2022
Abstract
Growing evidence from preclinical studies, epidemiology, and randomized controlled trials supports a causal role for diet quality in mental disorder risk, and clinical psychiatric guidelines now place diet, along with other lifestyle behaviors, as foundational treatment targets for mood disorders. Diet quality in the perinatal period is related to both mothers' mental health and children's emotional and neurodevelopment outcomes. The human gut microbiota composition is influenced by diet, and emerging evidence suggests that disturbances in gut microbiota, at least in part, mediate these relationships. Thus, optimizing maternal diet should be prioritized as part of a multidisciplinary approach for promoting physical and mental health in mothers and their off spring. This paper addresses the current evidence base and discusses its application in perinatal health care.
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- Title
- Supporting Maternal and Child Mental Health Through Dietary Changes Focused on the Gut Microbiota
- Authors
- Samantha L. Dawson (Corresponding Author) - Deakin UniversityAmy Finlay-Jones (Author) - Telethon Kids InstituteLauren Ball (Author) - Griffith UniversityTetyana Rocks (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Sport Sciences - LegacyFelice N Jacka (Author) - Deakin University
- Publication details
- Psychiatric Annals, Vol.52(2), pp.51-55
- Publisher
- Slack, Inc.
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.3928/00485713-20220126-01
- ISSN
- 1938-2456
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99620907402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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