Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology

Psychonutrition studies how nutrition impacts psychological well-being and cognitive function, aiming to use dietary interventions to improve mental health.

Psychonutritional education is a term used in the emerging field of nutritional psychology to describe the integration of psychological theories and concepts with scientific research on nutrition and dietary patterns,…

Psychosis is a disruption in reality perception involving delusions, hallucinations, or both. It can occur across psychiatric, neurological, and medical conditions rather than representing one single disorder.

Psychotherapy, or talk therapy,is a structured form of psychological treatment that uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help individuals understand and manage emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and interpersonal difficulties.

Psychotic disorders are severe mental illnesses involving disruptions in reality perception, thinking, emotions, and behavior. Common features include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, and disorganized or unusual motor behavior.

Purging behaviors are compensatory behaviors used by eating disorder patients, in which they forcibly eject food from their bodies in an effort to regulate their weight and/or physical appearance (Wade,…