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Nutrition, Psychotropics, and Mental Health

Jennifer Garland
1 hour

What we put into our bodies has the greatest opportunity to affect our health, well-being, and psychotropic drug disposition. This course will explore how to understand better how what we put in our bodies affects our mental health and the medications taken. This will enable us to help our clients get the most out of their bodies, minds, and medications.

This course will award 1 continuing education hour.

Please see the board approval box for course approvals.

Course Objectives

  1. Describe the effects of food on medications.
  2. Describe how food affects our brain and mood.
  3. Describe how food affects mental health.
  4. Identify common mental disorders associated with nutritional deficiencies.
  5. Describe how food interferes with psychotropic medication absorption and metabolism.
  6. Describe common interactions between psychotropic medication and food.
  7. Describe how food has an emotional connection.
  8. Describe how smells are associated with memories.
  9. Describe processed foods and how our bodies handle them.

Course Author

Jennifer Garland, LCSW

Ms. Garland, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Pennsylvania.  

Board Approvals

National Approvals

  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) (ACE)
    BaysideCEU.com, #1793, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. BaysideCEU.com maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 2/4/2026-2/4/2029

State Approvals

Information

  • Relevance: This course is designed for master’s level counselors and social workers, addiction professionals, and nurses working with individuals prescribed psychotropic medications.
  • Content Level: Intermediate
  • Course Format: This course is offered as a self-paced distance learning format (reading-based online activity)
  • System Requirements: This course is offered online. Internet connection required.
  • Course Completion Information: To earn continuing education credit, professionals must register and pay the fee for the course.  They must read the content and demonstrate understanding by earning a minimum score of 70 percent on testing materials.  The certificate of completion will be able to be downloaded after the above is completed. Refunds will be granted upon request with the withdrawal of credit for the course. For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please call 866-863-4225 or email ContactUs@BaysideCEU.com.
  • CEBroker Course ID: 899820
  • Credit Hours: 1
Jennifer Garland
1 hour
This course is designed for master’s level counselors and social workers, addiction professionals, and nurses working with individuals prescribed psychotropic medications.
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