By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Apply the science behind the gut brain connection in other specialties in order to empower patients from pretreatment through treatment
• Describe the history of Nutritional Psychiatry and project its potential to reach more patients with mental health conditions in comparison to the traditional mental healthcare system
• Describe the relationship between the gut and schizophrenia to apply the understanding of the gut brain connection to develop nutritional strategies to manage symptoms