Nutritional Psychiatry Research
Working to understand how food and nutrients impact mental health.
In addition to clinical work, Dr. Aucoin ND works as a senior research fellow at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and an Adjuct Professor at the University of Guelph, working on increasing our understanding of how the foods we eat affect our mental health, a field called Nutritional Psychiatry. She has published more than thirty peer-reviewed research papers and lectured internationally to a range of audiences on the role of nutrition in the treatment and prevention of mental illness.
Nutritional Psychiatry Research Publications
Just like the other organs of your body, your brain is affected by the food you eat. It impacts the structure and function of the brain and it’s cells. If a person has a heart attack, their cardiologist is likely to ask them about what they eat. If a person has an episode of depression, they are much less likely to be asked this same question. But this is changing. There is robust emerging evidence that links diet quality and mental health. The following are a selection of Dr. Aucoin’s nutritional psychiatry publications.
Other Scientific Publications
Select Presentations
Canadian Psychiatry Association Conference - Integrative Approaches to Psychiatry
International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research Conference - Dietary modification for the treatment of anxiety; Diet and Psychosis: A scoping review
North York General Hospital Mental Health Grand Rounds - Using Naturopathic Medicine and Nutrition in the Treatment of Mental Health Concerns (2015 and 2022)
Orthomolecular Health - Taking Control of Mood Disorders Using Nutrition
Numerous research presentations at conferences hosted by the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, The Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for CAM Research (IN-CAM) and the International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health
Awards
CCNM Research Day, People’s Choice Poster Award - 1st Place
Cytomatrix Case Report Competition 2019 - 2nd Place
ND Notes Case Report Competition 2016 - 2nd Place
Abram Hoffer Lecture Series Award 2020 - 1st runner up
