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Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT)

Lifestyle Psychiatry is an emergent and rapidly evolving field of research with a progressively increasing number of observational and interventional studies being published. In addition, questions about diet, nutrition, and exercise are commonly asked by patients in clinical settings. However, there is a lack of reliable and easily accessible material to clinicians and researchers, including a positional paper from the ISBD on the subject. This task force was created to address these gaps in knowledge.

The objectives of this task force are:

  1. Promote research in the assessment of diet and exercise in bipolar disorder.
  2. Support the investigation and development of lifestyle intervention in bipolar disorder.
  3. Organize and deliver educational evidence-based activities in nutrition and exercise in bipolar disorder.
  4. Strengthen collaboration and knowledge exchange between specialists in the field.
  5. Produce positional articles/guidelines/expert consensus in the topics described above.

Leads

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Elisa Brietzke,
Canada

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Beny Lafer,
Brazil

Members of Task Force

Mohammad Alsuwaidan, Kuwait

Vicent Balanzá, Spain

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Michael Berk, Australia

Nicholas Fabiano, Canada

Jess Fiedorowicz, Canada

Mark Frye, USA

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Manuel Gardea Resendez, Mexico

Benjamin Goldstein, Canada

Fabiano Gomes, Canada

Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, Spain

Elena Koning, Canada

Rodrigo Mansur, Canada

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Wolfgang Marx, Australia

Roumen Milev, Canada

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Lucas Neves, Brazil

Andrew Nierenberg, USA

Andrew Olagunju, Canada

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Simon Rosenbaum, Australia

Gayatri Saraf, Canada

Erika Saunders, USA

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Felipe Schuch, Brazil

Marco Solmi, Canada

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Brendon Stubbs, UK

Louisa Sylvia, USA

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Davy Vancampfort, Belgium

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Tamsyn Van Rheenen, Australia

Eduard Vieta, Spain

Maj Vinberg, Denmark

Lakshmi Yatham, Canada

Task Force Updates

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Task Force Resources

May 14, 2026

Video on evidence for nutrition and exercise based supportive therapies for bipolar disorder

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