Why Nutrition Matters for Mental Health

Date: November 9th, 2017

In this plenary presentation, join Dr. LaChance as she explores what mental health is, why nutrition matters for mental health (and vice versa!) and what the latest science tells us about the impact of nutrition on the brain. You will learn that the secret of good mental health may start at the end of our forks!

About the presenter:

Dr. Laura LaChance is a Clinician-Scientist at the Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. LaChance completed her Psychiatry training in the Clinician Scientist Stream at the University of Toronto in 2017 and completed a research fellowship in the Social Aetiology of Mental Illness (SAMI) at CAMH in 2012.