Can nutrition improve ADHD symptoms?
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Brought to you by ADHD NZ and Prof Julia Rucklidge
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For more than a decade, clinical psychologist Prof Julia Rucklidge has played a key role in researching the impact of nutrition (including micronutrients) on ADHD and mental health, publishing over 140 scientific papers.
Join us in this one-hour session to hear Prof Julia Rucklidge on:
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Date: Tuesday 31 October 2023, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Where: online - so you can do it from the comfort of your own home!
Cost:
Book now:
Where: online - so you can do it from the comfort of your own home!
Cost:
- Financial members: $20.00 (incl. GST), and
- Non-financial members: $59.95 (incl. GST and 1x financial membership to ADHD NZ for one person, for one year).
Book now:
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About the presenter: Prof Julia Rucklidge, PhD, CPsych, FNZPsS
Professor Julia Rucklidge, a clinical psychologist, is the Director of Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab at the University of Canterbury. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she completed her PhD at the University of Calgary in clinical psychology, a post-doctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, and then in 2000 she immigrated to New Zealand. She is internationally renowned for her research and clinical trials on nutrients and mental illnesses, having published over 150 peer reviewed publications and given hundreds of talks around the world. Julia is passionate about helping people find alternate treatments for psychological challenges like ADHD, depression and stress through translation of research to practice and making nutritional interventions mainstream by publicly advocating for healthy eating to optimise mental health. In 2021 she co-authored The Better Brain: Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition; her 2014 TEDx Christchurch talk has been viewed over 5 million times; and her free online EdX course on Mental Health and Nutrition has been taken by over 70,000 students from 146 different countries. Julia is also the recipient of numerous local and international awards, including named as one of the top 100 influential women in New Zealand in 2015, 2018, and 2021, the Ballin Award in 2015 from the NZ Psychological Society, becoming a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine in 2023, and a Braveheart award in 2018 for her contribution to making Christchurch a better place to live. |
