Nutrition for Mental Health: Guidance for Clinical Practice

Nutritional psychiatry is an emerging field that explores the relationship between diet and mental health. Research focuses on dietary patterns, gut microbiome health, and the impact of individual nutrients on mental health. Nutritional and lifestyle interventions can complement psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in clinical practice. This clinical feature article reviews evidence supporting nutritional interventions for mental health and provides clinical guidance. •Nutritional psychiatry is an emerging field that explores the relationship between diet and mental health. Research focuses on dietary patterns, gut microbiome health, and the impact of individual nutrients on mental health.•Nutritional and lifestyle interventions can complement psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in clinical practice.•Nutrition’s impact on mental health could play a crucial role in decreasing the severity of mental health symptoms.•Nutritional medicine should be considered part of the mainstream treatment for psychiatric disorders.