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How much does your diet actually affect your mental health?

Often referred to as our "second brain," the gut microbiome has become a central focus for leading neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals as emerging research reveals a powerful gut-brain connection and its influence on mood, cognition, emotional regulation, personality, and treatment outcomes.

In other words, your diet and gut health may directly shape how mental health symptoms develop and how they respond to psychiatric treatment.

🧠In this 55-minute workshop, Dr. Alok Madan, PhD, MPH, Vice Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health at Houston Methodist, leads a comprehensive session that dives into foundational knowledge about the gut microbiome and its role in the diet–mental health connection, as well as actionable strategies to start incorporating it into client care from day one.

KEY POINTS COVERED:
☀️ Understand how diet and the gut microbiome impact mental health and brain function.
☀️ Apply nutrition science and the gut-brain axis within interdisciplinary psychiatric care.
☀️ Identify a key strategy to support the shift toward nutrition-informed mental health and psychiatric treatment.

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Alok Madan, PhD, MPH (he/him)
Vice Chairman, ‪@HoustonMethodist‬ Behavioral Health

Dr. Madan is a clinical health psychologist with over 20 years experience working with chronic medical conditions and serious mental illness. He serves as Vice Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and the John S. Dunn Foundation Distinguished Centennial Chair at Houston Methodist, where he leads efforts to expand psychiatric services, integrate nutrition and technology into care, and build mental health research infrastructure.

Hosted by:
Amanda Fialk, PhD, LCSW (she/her)
Partner & Chief Clinical Officer, The Dorm, a young adult mental health treatment center in NYC and Washington D.C.
https://thedorm.com/​

As a clinical expert and leader in young adult mental health treatment, Dr. Fialk has specialized training in co-occurring disorders, eating disorders, and family therapy. Her thought leadership has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, and Forbes. She received her master’s degree and a doctoral degree from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and completed psychoanalytic training at The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in NYC.

Since 2009, The Dorm has provided holistic young adult mental health programs with a mission to help clients build independent, resilient, and purposeful lives.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
5:24 - What is the Gut Microbiome?
11:14 - The Brain-Gut Connection
14:22 - Research Methods: How We Study The Gut Microbiome
18:51 - Psychiatric Disorders & Gut Bacteria
26:34 - How Gut Bacteria Can Unveil Childhood Trauma
27:35 - The Role of Social Isolation & Bacteria
29:14 - Common Bacterial Patterns in Depression, Schizophrenia, and Bipolar Disorder
32:02 - Current and Future Research
39:32 - Treatment Approaches: Dietary Interventions and Their Effectiveness
40:10 - The Problem with The American's Current Diet
42:01 - The Fiber Gap
46:42 - Practical Recommendations
49:05 - Q&A