| Mode Blended learning |
Edition 1st |
| Schedule January 2027 - June 2027 |
Location Manresa - Vic |
| Duration 15 ECTS |
Language Catalan and Spanish |
| Price €1,425 |
Places 15 |
Programme description
The University Expert Programme in Nutrition and Mental Health is a specialised programme aimed at professionals in the healthcare, social and educational fields who work in mental health care. The programme is based on a biopsychosocial and community-oriented view of mental health, aligned with the guidelines of the World Health Organization and the personal recovery paradigm.
The main objective is to provide professionals with knowledge, tools and competencies to integrate dietary and nutritional interventions into comprehensive care for people with mental health problems and addictions. The programme addresses the relationship between nutrition, mental health and well-being, based on scientific evidence and proven good practices.
The training combines theoretical foundations with a strong practical orientation, including case studies, simulations, interdisciplinary work and visits to local resources. The curriculum includes content such as nutritional psychiatry, motivational interviewing, eating disorders, emotional eating, microbiota, group dynamics and human rights in mental health (QualityRights).
The programme features the participation of lecturers and leading professionals from organisations such as Osonament, Fundació Althaia and the UVic-UCC Chair of Mental Health, among other reference institutions, and is designed to promote innovative, ethical and person-centred professional practice.
Programme objectives
- Develop skills, competencies and intervention methodologies based on the application of dietary and nutritional techniques in mental health and addictions.
- Address organisational challenges by applying entrepreneurship and innovation in mental health and addiction care.
- Promote comprehensive care through the incorporation of dietary and nutritional interventions in response to the needs of people with mental health problems and addictions.
- Encourage the use of dietary and nutritional interventions in clinical practice in mental health and addiction care.
- Develop skills to lead changes and improvements in mental health and addiction care.
- Foster critical thinking.
- Enhance interdisciplinary teamwork skills.
Why should you enrol in this programme?
- You will understand the current concept of mental health from a biopsychosocial, community-based and person-centred perspective.
- You will analyse the relationship between diet, nutrition, mental health and well-being based on the most up-to-date scientific evidence.
- You will identify the main determinants of eating habits and their impact on mental health throughout the life cycle.
- You will learn to apply the principles of nutritional psychiatry and understand the role of nutrients, the microbiota and psychopharmacology in mental health.
- You will assess dietary needs and identify the main nutritional risks in people with different mental health conditions.
- You will design and implement dietary and nutritional interventions adapted to the main mental health diagnoses, including eating disorders.
- You will use tools such as motivational interviewing and behaviour change models to promote adherence and empowerment of the people receiving care.
- You will develop skills for group intervention, group facilitation and interdisciplinary work.
- You will integrate the principles of QualityRights and human rights into your professional practice.
- You will apply the knowledge acquired in real clinical and community contexts through practical cases, simulations and collaborative work.
Methodology
- Face-to-face working sessions with the entire class group.
- Virtual working sessions with the entire class group.
- Small group working sessions with the lecturer.
- Visits to Mental Health care centres.
- Individual tutorial sessions with the lecturer.
- Case simulations and practical cases.
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