Learn about how the Mediterranean Diet can help your mental health, what the key ingredients of this diet are and how to make changes in your own lifestyle. The Mediterranean Diet has the most evidence supporting its use in reducing depressive symptoms, with several clinical trials showing its efficacy. This clip is from the full episode "The Evidence for Diet & Mental Health | Dr. Lais Bhering Martins | 52"

Exercise For Mental Health: The Evidence | 58 In this Solocast, we dive into the evidence for whether exercise can actually improve mental health. It's something we all feel, but what does the science and evidence say? Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing College, where we explore the evidence for lifestyle behaviours on mental health. I am a Provisional Psychologist and PhD Candidate investigating all things Exercise Therapy. Chapters 0:00 Show Intro 2:43 The ‘Good Stuff’ and the ‘Bad Stuff’ 5:40 The Evidence for Exercise and Mental Health 7:30 Best Types of Exercise 8:20 Time-Out Hypothesis 12:57 When Exercise May Not Help Mental Health 16:45 The Importance of the Environment Notes "A systematic review of physical activity and quality of life and well-being" by Marquez et al., (2020) "Exercise-induced anxiolysis: a test of the "time out" hypothesis in high anxious females" by Breus & O'Connor (1998) "Exercise & Mental Health: Panic Disorder, Anxiety & Adherence" with Prof. Pat O'Connor

In this video, we discuss the current prescription practices of healthcare practitioners (e.g. doctors, psychologists, nurses) regarding lifestyle behaviours such as exercise. We explore why many healthcare practitioners are not having these important conversations and strategies to overcome these barriers. Dr. Chris Keyworth is a Chartered Psychologist & Associate Professor at University of Leeds, researching in health psychology and health behaviour change in individuals and healthcare professionals. Chapters 0:00 Show Intro 3:28 What is a Lifestyle Behaviour? 5:33 Importance of Lifestyle Behaviours 10:20 Public Health Promotion of Lifestyle Behaviours 17:20 Barriers of Lifestyle Behaviour Promotion in Healthcare 30:20 Facilitators to Lifestyle Behaviour Promotion in Healthcare 37:40 Training Healthcare Practitioners on Lifestyle Behaviour Promotion Show Notes "‘It's difficult, I think it's complicated’: Health care professionals’ barriers and enablers to providing opportunistic behaviour change interventions during routine medical consultations" by Keyworth et al. (2019) "Delivering opportunistic behavior change interventions: a systematic review of systematic reviews" by Keyworth et al. (2020) "Are healthcare professionals delivering opportunistic behaviour change interventions? A multi-professional survey of engagement with public health policy" by Keyworth et al. (2018) "Perceptions of receiving behaviour change interventions from GPs during routine consultations: a qualitative study" by Keyworth et al. (2020) "Barriers and enablers to delivering opportunistic behaviour change interventions during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study in healthcare professionals" by Vogt et al. (20203) "‘In someone's clinic but not in mine’ – clinicians’ views of supporting lifestyle behaviour change in patients with psoriasis: a qualitative interview study" by Nelson et al. (2014) "Exploring barriers and enablers to the delivery of Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural interventions in Ireland: A cross‐sectional survey study" by Meade et al. (2023) Make Every Contact Count- Consensus Statement by NHS https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content... Quality and Outcomes Framework by NHS https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor...