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Preface: Lifestyle Psychiatry: Through the Lens of Behavioral Medicine
Chapter by: Merlo, Gia; Fagundes, Christopher P.
in: Lifestyle Psychiatry: Through the Lens of Behavioral Medicine by
[S.l.] : CRC Press, 2023
pp. xxi-xxiii
ISBN: 9781032230993
CID: 5631062
Brain Health
Chapter by: Argueta, Daniel; Merlo, Gia
in: Lifestyle Psychiatry: Through the Lens of Behavioral Medicine by
[S.l.] : CRC Press, 2023
pp. 275-289
ISBN: 9781032230993
CID: 5631052
Introduction to Lifestyle Psychiatry
Chapter by: Merlo, Gia; Fagundes, Christopher P.
in: Lifestyle Psychiatry: Through the Lens of Behavioral Medicine by
[S.l.] : CRC Press, 2023
pp. 3-26
ISBN: 9781032230993
CID: 5631022
Lifestyle nursing
Merlo, Gia; Berra, Kathy
[S.l.] : Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2023
Extent: 512 p.
ISBN: 9781032013343
CID: 5339742
Primary Care at the Intersection of Lifestyle Interventions and Unhealthy Substance Use
Nakaishi, Lindsay; Sugden, Steven G; Merlo, Gia
Primary care physicians are well-positioned to integrate lifestyle interventions into the management of patients with unhealthy substance use, who may also have mental and physical chronic health comorbidities. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the U.S.'s poor state of health, revealing that its current approach to chronic disease management is neither effective nor sustainable. Today's full spectrum comprehensive care model requires an expanded toolkit. Lifestyle interventions broaden current treatment approaches and may enhance Addiction Medicine care. Primary care providers have the potential to have the greatest impact on unhealthy substance use care because they are experts in chronic disease management and their frontline accessibility minimizes healthcare barriers. Individuals with unhealthy substance use are at an increased risk of chronic physical conditions. Incorporating lifestyle interventions with unhealthy substance use care at every level of medicine, from medical school through practice, normalizes both as part of the standard care of medicine and will drive evidence-based best practices to support patients through prevention, treatment, and reversal of chronic diseases.
PMCID:10328212
PMID: 37426739
ISSN: 1559-8284
CID: 5537412
Incorporating Mental Health Into Lifestyle Medicine
Abascal, Liana; Vela, Alyssa; Sugden, Steve; Kohlenberg, Samuel; Hirschberg, April; Young, Allison; Lane, Karen; Merlo, Gia
The evidence-based interconnection between mental health with lifestyle medicine practice is discussed. The extent to which physical health, and mental and behavioral health overlap are significant, and their interaction is seen in many ways. These bidirectional influences form a continuous thread through all lifestyle medicine pillars. The intersection of mental health and lifestyle should be considered and applied to provide optimal evidence-based lifestyle medicine for all patient populations who will benefit from the specific attention to diet, physical activity, relationships, stress, sleep, and substance use. Lifestyle medicine can be utilized to directly address and treat a range of mental health symptoms and disorders, and physical illnesses. In addition, behavior change skills and addressing the psychological factors contributing to barriers are crucial to helping patients reach their lifestyle medicine goals. Approaches to practice that attend to, and address, mental and behavioral health are relevant to and necessary for all types of providers who work within the lifestyle medicine framework.
PMCID:9442472
PMID: 36072684
ISSN: 1559-8284
CID: 5337062
Mental Health in Lifestyle Medicine: A Call to Action
Merlo, Gia; Vela, Alyssa
Mental health symptoms are pervasive, with 1 in 5 American adults experiencing a mental disorder. Poor mental health is associated with a significant global cost burden, from disability to economic impacts. The field of lifestyle medicine, which emphasizes the role of lifestyle factors in the onset and treatment of disease and well-being, is well suited to address mental health. More recently, there has been attention to the need to incorporate mental health into the field of lifestyle medicine and to attend to the bidirectional role of mental health and lifestyle. Thus, there is a critical opportunity for the field of lifestyle medicine to incorporate mental health into each of the foundational pillars (diet, exercise, substance use, psychological well-being/stress, relationships, sleep) while also specifically targeting lifestyle interventions for populations with mental disorders. The current article provides a framework for the role of mental health within lifestyle medicine by addressing the scope of the problem, clarification regarding mental health, and areas of practice (ie, psychiatry), and providing an overview of the relevant mental health literature for each pillar. This article serves as a call to action to explicitly address and include mental health within all aspects of lifestyle medicine research and practice.
PMCID:8848112
PMID: 35185421
ISSN: 1559-8284
CID: 5174992
Psychiatric Disorders in Women
Chapter by: Merlo, Gia; Ryu, Hanjun; Nikbin, Ariyaneh
in: Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan by
[S.l.] : CRC Press, 2021
pp. 477-490
ISBN: 9780367627638
CID: 5312812
Emotional Wellness and Stress Resilience
Chapter by: Merlo, Gia; Nikbin, Ariyaneh; Ryu, Hanjun
in: Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan by
[S.l.] : CRC Press, 2021
pp. 85-104
ISBN: 9780367627638
CID: 5312782
Applying Psychiatry and Psychology Principles to Lifestyle Approaches for Mental and Behavioral Health [Review]
Merlo, Gia; Vela, Alyssa
ISI:000666755800001
ISSN: 1559-8276
CID: 4962272