Felice Jacka Explained

Felice Nellie Jacka is an Australian academic, founder and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. She is a professor of Nutritional Psychiatry and the director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University.[1]

Jacka focused her research work in the field of nutritional psychiatry, establishing diet as a risk factor and treatment target for common mental disorders. In 2017, she led a trial showing that an improved diet could treat major depression,[2] finding that healthier eating habits can result in a 30% reduced risk of depression.[3]

Articles in the Australian press about Jacka's studies include The Guardian,[4] The Sydney Morning Herald[5] and ABC News.[6] With over 260 publications, she is an ISI Highly Cited Researcher for all years between 2020 and 2023,[7] ranking her in the top 0.1% of publishing scientists worldwide.[8]

In 2021 Jacka was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to nutritional psychiatry research.[9]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-01-07 . Food and Mood Centre We are a team of world-class researchers from various backgrounds, studying the food-mood relationship at various levels, from microbiology to public health. . 2024-07-24 . Food and Mood Centre . en-AU.
  2. Web site: World-first trial shows improving diet can treat major depression . 2024-07-24 . www.deakin.edu.au . en.
  3. News: Fleming . Amy . 2019-03-18 . Nutritional psychiatry: can you eat yourself happier? . 2024-07-24 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  4. News: Fleming . Amy . 2019-03-18 . Nutritional psychiatry: can you eat yourself happier? . 2024-07-24 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: Berry . Sarah . 2019-10-09 . Diet could improve depression symptoms in three weeks, study finds . 2024-07-24 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  6. News: 2017-01-30 . Mediterranean diet can help in fight against depression: study . 2024-07-24 . ABC News . en-AU.
  7. Web site: Web of Science . 2024-07-24 . www.webofscience.com.
  8. Web site: 2019-07-09 . Felice Jacka . 2024-07-24 . Food and Mood Centre . en-AU.
  9. Swannell . Cate . 2021-06-14 . Queen’s Birthday honorees . Medical Journal of Australia . 214 . 111 . 0025-729X.
  10. West . Madeline L. . Hart . Susan . Loughman . Amy . Jacka . Felice N. . Staudacher . Heidi M. . Abbaspour . Afrouz . Phillipou . Andrea . Ruusunen . Anu . Rocks . Tetyana . November 2023 . Challenges and priorities for researching the gut microbiota in individuals living with anorexia nervosa . International Journal of Eating Disorders . en . 56 . 11 . 2001–2011 . 10.1002/eat.24033 . 0276-3478.
  11. Gabriel . Fernanda C. . Oliveira . Manoela . Bruna De M. Martella . Berk . Michael . Brietzke . Elisa . Jacka . Felice N. . Lafer . Beny . 2023-07-03 . Nutrition and bipolar disorder: a systematic review . Nutritional Neuroscience . en . 26 . 7 . 637–651 . 10.1080/1028415X.2022.2077031 . 1028-415X.
  12. Young . Claire L. . Mohebbi . Mohammadreza . Staudacher . Heidi . Berk . Michael . Jacka . Felice N. . O’Neil . Adrienne . 2021-04-03 . Assessing the feasibility of an m-Health intervention for changing diet quality and mood in individuals with depression: the My Food & Mood program . International Review of Psychiatry . en . 33 . 3 . 266–279 . 10.1080/09540261.2020.1854193 . 0954-0261.
  13. Young . Claire L. . Mohebbi . Mohammadreza . Staudacher . Heidi . Berk . Michael . Jacka . Felice N. . O’Neil . Adrienne . 2021-04-03 . Assessing the feasibility of an m-Health intervention for changing diet quality and mood in individuals with depression: the My Food & Mood program . International Review of Psychiatry . en . 33 . 3 . 266–279 . 10.1080/09540261.2020.1854193 . 0954-0261.
  14. Aslam . Hajara . Green . Jessica . Jacka . Felice N. . Collier . Fiona . Berk . Michael . Pasco . Julie . Dawson . Samantha L. . 2020-09-01 . Fermented foods, the gut and mental health: a mechanistic overview with implications for depression and anxiety . Nutritional Neuroscience . en . 23 . 9 . 659–671 . 10.1080/1028415X.2018.1544332 . 1028-415X.
  15. Opie . Rachelle S. . O'Neil . Adrienne . Jacka . Felice N. . Pizzinga . Josephine . Itsiopoulos . Catherine . 2018-08-09 . A modified Mediterranean dietary intervention for adults with major depression: Dietary protocol and feasibility data from the SMILES trial . Nutritional Neuroscience . en . 21 . 7 . 487–501 . 10.1080/1028415X.2017.1312841 . 1028-415X. free .
  16. Opie . R.S. . Itsiopoulos . C. . Parletta . N. . Sanchez-Villegas . A. . Akbaraly . T.N. . Ruusunen . A. . Jacka . F.N. . 2017-03-16 . Dietary recommendations for the prevention of depression . Nutritional Neuroscience . en . 20 . 3 . 161–171 . 10.1179/1476830515Y.0000000043 . 1028-415X.

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