Dr. Joseph Firth joins our ambassador, Dr. Adrian Lopresti, to discuss the emerging field of lifestyle psychiatry. Adrian and Joseph discuss the importance of engaging specialists to support patients with lifestyle interventions, such as exercise physiologists and nutritionists, as a means to increase the health outcomes of the patient.
Joseph shares his work on the use of digital technology to support mental health patients to comply with lifestyle psychiatric prescriptions, including the use of smart phone apps for exercise, nutrition, sleep and smoking cessation. Nutrition and nutritional supplementation for the benefit to mental health conditions is discussed as part of a conversation on the role of inflammation in mental health conditions. Joseph shares the importance of connection and community for the individual when engaging with lifestyle psychiatry interventions for lasting benefit to the patient and we finish off the podcast with a discussion into the influence both screen time and social media has on mental health.
COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
[01:05] Welcoming Dr. Joseph Firth
[02:05] Defining lifestyle psychiatry
[05:10] Increasing the effectivity of nutritional and exercise interventions
[08:37] How Joseph’s implements exercise interventions in this own research
[10:19] Using digital technology in health interventions
[16:18] Expanding the research to additional populations
[17:56] Apps for health
[21:00] Omega-3s in treatment of mental health conditions
[28:36] screen time and social media and the effects on mental health
[32:20] The relationship between grip strength and mental health
[36:35] Thanking Joseph and final remarks
Find today’s transcript and show notes here: https://www.fxmedicine.com.au/podcast/replay-lifestyle-psychiatry-supporting-mental-health-dr-adrian-lopresti-and-dr-joseph-firth
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