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Addressing the mental health crisis through Lifestyle Medicine

Speciality Classification
Nurses
Start Date
03-Sep-2024
Location
Online
End Date
03-Sep-2024
Delivery
Online
Provider
Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

Tuesday 3rd September 2024 | 12:30pm AEST

Explore the evidence for and application of lifestyle as medicine for mental health conditions.

Around 1 in 7 Australian adults today are taking antidepressant medications, which is evidence for the mental health crisis we are facing. While medications have an important role to play, there is overwhelming evidence that numerous lifestyle-related factors are beneficial for the prevention, management and treatment of mental health conditions, especially affective disorders. In this webinar we shall explore these lifestyle factors and how they can be implemented to benefit people suffering from mental health conditions. 

Learning Outcomes

Through this webinar participants will gain an understanding of:

  • The current mental health crisis. 

  • Lifestyle-based approaches for improving mental health and wellbeing. 

  • Practical ways of implementing lifestyle-based interventions in clinical and non-clinical settings for the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. 

    • Instructors / Speakers
    Dr Darren Morton,
    Founder, The Lift Project

    Dr Darren Morton is driven by a desire to inspire and equip others to live their best life.

    Darren’s research focused on the ‘runner’s stitch’, of which he is considered the world expert, but over the past 20 years his research has focused on evidence-based strategies from the fields of Lifestyle Medicine, Positive Psychology and Neuroscience for enhancing mental health, wellbeing, and resilience.

     

    To date, Darren is the author of three books (Seven Secrets For Feeling Fantastic, Live More Active and Live More Happy) and has authored or co-authored over 70 publications in peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals. He has collaborated with leading health practitioners and researchers from multiple universities and health institutions around the world.

     

    Darren’s professional time is split between two main areas of focus. He is a part-time Professor and Director of the Lifestyle Medicine and Health Research Centre at Avondale University. Darren is also the Founder & Owner of The Lift Project which is a profit for purpose enterprise with the mission to “lift 10 million lives”.

     

    In Darren’s part-time role as Professor at Avondale University, he supervises several PhD students, and is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. Darren also teaches into the Master of Lifestyle Medicine course at Avondale University and teaches wellbeing-focused classes to undergraduate students.

     

    Professor Morton specialises in the creation of evidence-based lifestyle interventions. The Lift Project incorporates evidence-based strategies and simple, memorable frameworks from Lifestyle Medicine, Positive Psychology and Neuroscience to improve mental health, wellbeing, and resilience. The Lift Project is now used in over 20 countries and is endorsed by peak organisations including the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

    Type
    Type -> Webinar
    Delivery
    Delivery -> Online
    Title
    Addressing the mental health crisis through Lifestyle Medicine
    Speciality Classification
    Speciality Classification -> Nurses
    Location
    Location -> ONLINE
    Start Date
    03-Sep-2024
    End Date
    03-Sep-2024
    Start Time
    12:30 pm
    Location
    Online
    Posted By
    Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine
    Price:
    Free
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