Nutritional Psychology: Understanding the Relationship Between Food and Mental Health provides a broad look at the intersection between food and mental health, and offers a comprehensive approach to effectively prioritize nutrition as a powerful component to maintaining overall wellbeing.

Andrea Cook, M.A., Ph.D., FMCHC

Andrea Cook, M.A., Ph.D., FMCHC, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a telemental health private practice where she provides individual therapy to adult clients. She incorporates nutrition as an important part of all her therapy work and often recognizes clear improvements in clients when they include dietary changes as part of their treatment.

Dr. Cook has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a master's degree in Counseling Psychology. She is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC), a Diabetes Educator, and has completed training in Advanced Nutritional and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Professionals.

Dr. Cook is a faculty member at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) where she teaches Nutritional Psychology, Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Psychopathology undergraduate courses. The Nutritional Psychology course is taught as a large lecture class for 180 students, and is a course that she proposed, developed, and has taught both as a remote synchronous course using Zoom as well as a live in-person class. It was the development of this course that clarified the need for a textbook on this topic.

Jennifer Champion, DCN, CNS, CN, LDN

Dr. Jennifer Champion, DCN, CNS, CN, LDN, is a board-certified Nutritionist, Health Coach, Educator, Speaker and the Owner of NeoGenesis Nutrition, a Functional & Integrative Nutrition program that emphasizes individuality and whole-person health. The focus of her nutrition program is education on the connection between food choices and health status, and empowering individuals to make better choices and know that they are worthy of having the best life possible.

Dr. Champion's specialties include: digestive diseases and disorders, autism, autoimmune, inflammatory conditions, hormone balance, PCOS, adrenal health, thyroid health, diabetes, genetic testing and coaching, mitochondrial function, ADHD, anxiety, trauma work through HeartMath, and hypnotherapy

Section 1: Foundations of Psychology

Chapter 1: Psychology Basics

Chapter 2: Overview of Common Mental Health Disorders

Chapter 3: Mental Health Treatment as Usual

Section 2: Foundations of Nutrition

Chapter 4: Nutrition Basics

Chapter 5: Microbiome and Mental Health

Chapter 6: The Impact of Hormones on Mental Health

Section 3: The Emergence of Nutritional Psychology

Chapter 7: Evidence for Integrating Nutrition to Treat Mental Illness

Chapter 8: Using a Nutritional Approach to Treat Disease

Section 4: Nutrition and Mental Health Challenges

Chapter 9: Risk Factors that Impact Mental Health

Chapter 10: Psychosocial Eating

Section 5: Eating Behaviors

Chapter 11: Weight Loss

Chapter 12: Eating Disorders

Chapter 13: Food Addiction

Section 6: Where Do We Go from Here

Chapter 14: The Politics of Food

Chapter 15: Making Food Decisions

Chapter 16: Self Care