The impact of whole-of-diet interventions on depression and anxiety: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Non-pharmacological approaches to the treatment of depression and anxiety are of increasing importance, with emerging evidence supporting a role for lifestyle factors in the development of these disorders. Observational evidence supports a relationship between habitual diet quality and depression. Less is known about the causative effects of diet on mental health outcomes. Therefore a systematic review was undertaken of randomised controlled trials of dietary interventions that used depression and/or anxiety outcomes and sought to identify characteristics of programme success.

Design

A systematic search of the Cochrane, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PubMed and PyscInfo databases was conducted for articles published between April 1971 and May 2014.

Results

Of the

SUBMITTER: Opie RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271872 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature