Professional Training · Metabolic Psychiatry
Metabolism & The Mind
Where metabolism meets mental health.
Metabolic psychiatry is a fast-growing field, with exciting new research emerging. Learn how metabolic processes shape depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and addiction, and how to use that understanding to support your patients, from psychiatrists, dietitians and researchers working at the edge of the field.
Content reviewed by the Nutrition Network Medical Advisory Board
Why practitioners take this training
You can't separate the body from the brain.
Mental health keeps showing up in your clinic
Low mood, anxiety and cravings sit alongside the metabolic problems you're treating, and they affect whether a plan sticks.
Patients ask if diet can help their mental health
They've read about ketogenic therapy for depression or anxiety online. You want to give them an informed answer.
Most training treats body and mind separately
Metabolism is taught in one place and psychiatry in another, so the connection between them is easy to miss.
You want to work across disciplines
Good mental health care often needs doctors, dietitians and therapists pulling in the same direction. That needs a shared language.
Metabolic psychiatry gives you a way to connect the two.
This training shows you how.
A field that's moving fast
Two systems. One patient.
Metabolic psychiatry looks at mental health through the lens of how the body produces and uses energy. Exciting research is changing how clinicians think about treatment, and this training brings you up to speed.
Metabolism
- Ketogenic metabolic therapy
- Sugar, energy and mood
- Biomarker monitoring
- Metabolic conditions and stress
- Practical dietary strategies
psychiatry
Mental health
- Depression and anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Addiction
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Psychiatric disorders
What the training covers
The conditions you'll understand differently
Each topic is taught by a clinician or researcher who works in that area, so you get both the science and what it looks like with real patients.
Depression & anxiety
How a ketogenic approach is being used for depression and anxiety disorders, and how sugar can drive energy depletion, dread and anxiety.
Dr Lori Calabrese · Bitten Jonsson RNPsychiatric disorders
A metabolic approach to treating psychiatric disorders, what the medical professional needs to know, and what patients experience on ketogenic metabolic therapy.
Dr Shebani Sethi · Beth Zupec-Kania · Dr Erin Louise BellamyEating disorders
The emerging role of therapeutic nutrition in anorexia and binge-eating disorders.
Michelle Hurn RDAddiction
How to approach a client with an addiction disorder, and the role sugar plays.
Daria Green · Bitten Jonsson RNAutism spectrum disorder
Neurodevelopment and autism, plus a paediatric case study on psychiatric comorbidities and a ketogenic diet.
Dr Rob Cywes · Tamzyn Murphy RDStress & metabolic conditions
Ten lessons from clinical practice on how stress and metabolic conditions interact.
Dr Ignacio CuarantaThe curriculum
13 lectures across 4 sections
Over 11 hours of video, moving from the science of how metabolism affects the brain to the practical steps of using ketogenic metabolic therapy with patients.
- ▶A Metabolic Approach to Treating Psychiatric DisordersDr Shebani Sethi, MD, ABOM30:24
- ▶Ketogenic Diet in Depression and Anxiety: New BeginningsDr Lori Calabrese, MD71:36
- ▶The Emerging Role of Therapeutic Nutrition in Anorexia and Binge-Eating DisordersMichelle Hurn, RD, LD43:34
- ▶What if Sugar is Causing You Energy Depletion, Feelings of Dread and Anxiety? How to HealBitten Jonsson, RN47:18
- ▶Approaching a Client with an Addiction DisorderDaria Green50:02
- ▶Metabolic Conditions and Stress: 10 Lessons from Clinical PracticeDr Ignacio Cuaranta, MD64:32
- ▶Neurodevelopment and Autism Spectrum DisorderDr Rob Cywes, MD, PhD66:38
- ▶The Impact of a Ketogenic Diet on Psychiatric Comorbidities and Symptoms in a Paediatric Autism Spectrum CaseTamzyn Murphy, RD, MSc54:07
- ▶From Pharm to Farm: What the Medical Professional Needs to Know About Treating Psychiatric Disorders with a Ketogenic DietBeth Zupec-Kania, RDN, CD53:10
- ▶Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy for Mental Health: Practical ApplicationsDenise Potter, RDN, CDCES71:44
- ▶Dietary Strategies and Biomarker Monitoring to Improve Metabolic and Mental HealthDr Dominic D'Agostino, PhD29:41
- ▶Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy in Psychiatric Disorders: A Closer Look at Patient ExperiencesDr Erin Louise Bellamy, PhD55:39
- ▶Interview with Metabolic MindMetabolic Mind, a nonprofit initiative of Baszucki Group49:39
Your faculty
Psychiatrists, dietitians, researchers and addiction specialists
Metabolic psychiatry works best when disciplines work together. So does this training: each lecturer brings a different part of the picture.
Dr Shebani Sethi
MD, ABOMPioneer in metabolic psychiatry
Dr Lori Calabrese
MDPsychiatrist
Dr Ignacio Cuaranta
MDBoard-certified clinical psychiatrist
Dr Rob Cywes
MD, PhDBariatric surgeon and medical doctor
Michelle Hurn
RD, LDRegistered dietitian
Tamzyn Murphy
RD, MScRegistered dietitian
Beth Zupec-Kania
RDN, CDRegistered dietitian nutritionist
Denise Potter
RDN, CDCESRegistered dietitian nutritionist
Dr Dominic D'Agostino
PhDResearcher and professor
Dr Erin Louise Bellamy
PhD, MSc, BA, AFBPsS, MHPMetabolic Mind
NonprofitA nonprofit initiative of Baszucki Group
Bitten Jonsson
RNSugar addiction specialist and registered nurse
Daria Green
Food addiction professional and functional medicine health coach
Who it's for
This training is for you if…
- ✓You see patients with metabolic conditions and mental health symptoms, and want to understand how they connect.
- ✓You want an evidence-informed view of ketogenic metabolic therapy for mental health.
- ✓You support clients with eating disorders, addiction, anxiety or depression, and want nutrition to be part of the plan.
- ✓You want to work more closely with other professionals on shared patients.
Designed for
Healthcare practitioners across all disciplines who want to bring metabolic thinking into mental health care.
How the training works
Everything you need to put it into practice
Start any time
Fully self-paced, with no live sessions. Study whenever suits you.
Lifetime access
Once you enrol, revisit the lectures for as long as you like, on any device.
Lecture summaries and objectives
Each topic comes with an outline, learning objectives and a lecture summary.
Questionnaires
A short questionnaire after each topic to test your understanding.
Downloadable toolbox
A toolbox of resources you can use in practice, plus reference lists for the journal articles and literature.
Expert community
Ask course questions, troubleshoot difficult cases and connect with other members in our private community, moderated daily by our experts.
CPD
points
Your certificate
A certificate, 16 CPD points, and a step towards certification
When you complete the training you'll receive a Certificate of Completion from Nutrition Network.
The training carries 16 CPD points, and it counts towards certification as a Nutrition Network Practitioner if you choose to go further.
Want to see how it fits? See the certification pathways
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guarantee
Our 30-day money-back guarantee
We'd never want you to be unhappy. If you're unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us within the first 30 days and we'll give you a full refund, provided 30% or less of the training has been completed. That's more than enough time to watch the opening lectures and know this training is for you.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
It's a field that looks at mental health through the lens of metabolism: how the body produces and uses energy, and how that affects the brain. This training covers how practitioners are applying it to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addiction, autism and other psychiatric disorders.
You should have a basic understanding of human biology, nutrition and metabolism. You don't need any previous Nutrition Network training.
Whenever you like. It's completely self-paced, so you decide when you start and when you finish.
For life. Once you enrol, you have unlimited access on any device you own.
No. There are no live sessions. You work through the lectures entirely in your own time.
13 video lectures (over 11 hours in total), each with a topic outline, learning objectives, a lecture summary, the speaker's presentation, a questionnaire to test your understanding, a downloadable toolbox and reference lists.
Yes. You'll receive a Certificate of Completion, and the training carries 16 CPD points.
Yes. It contributes towards certification as a Nutrition Network Practitioner. See how the certification pathways work.
Yes. You'll get access to our private online community for members, moderated daily by our experts. Ask course questions, troubleshoot difficult cases and connect with other practitioners.
Contact us within the first 30 days and we'll give you a full refund, provided 30% or less of the training has been completed. This doesn't apply to bundle purchases.
Ready when you are
Treat the patient, not just the symptoms.
Learn how metabolism shapes mental health, and how to bring that understanding into your work with patients and clients.