The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in mental health | Julia Rucklidge | TEDxChristchurch

The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in mental health | Julia Rucklidge | TEDxChristchurch

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This talk was given at a regional TEDx event, produced individually of the TED Conferences. In this seriously important talk, medical psycho therapist Julia Rucklidge explores a series of clinical study, including her own, revealing the substantial role played by nutrition in mental wellness or disease.

Julia J Rucklidge, PhD is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally from Toronto, she did her training in neurobiology (McGill) and Clinical Psychology (University of Calgary). Her passions in nutrition as well as mental disorder outgrew her very own research revealing poor end results for youngsters with substantial psychological health problem regardless of receiving conventional therapies for their problems. For the last 6 years, she has been exploring the role of trace elements in the expression of mental disease, particularly ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, stress and anxiety and more lately, stress and anxiety and PTSD connected with the Canterbury quakes.

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