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Chy Sawel Conference 2009 at Eden Project Cornwall
A conference to promote the Chy-Sawel Project was held at the Eden Project on 16th October. It was well attended with a cross section of delegates ranging from health professionals to students and service users.
We started with an introduction from Chy-Sawel founder Sandra Breakspeare who handed over to Steve Angove, a committee member, who guided us through the rest of the day. The first speaker was Dr.Alex Richardson, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Oxford and founder director of FAB Research who spoke on "food, mood and behaviour". She was followed by Dr.David Orton, formerly a Consultant Psychiatrist with the Devon Partnership NHS Trust and now a Chy-Sawel committee member who explained the relevance of "nutrition as one aspect of an holistic approach to mental health".
The afternoon session commenced with a talk from Dr.Damien Downing, President of the British Society for Allergy, Environmental and Nutritional Medicine, on "food sensitivities, allergies and testing relating to mental and physical problems ". Lastly was Kevin Williamson, Senior Nutritionist with the Early Intervention in Psychosis service, Rotherham,Doncaster and South Humberside NHS Trust who gave us "eat yourself happy - nutritional therapy in practice". The closing summary was by Dr.Orton.
All the speakers were informative, entertaining and well received by the delegates - a selection of the 'feed back' can be seen on this website.
The conference was backed by the Cornwall Primary Care Trust and the Cornwall Rural Community Council and there were also a number of exhibitors supporting the project, including MIND and Xango, the internationally renowned 'natural health' company.
Comments:
Mark and I thought the conference at Eden was fantastic and what a great launch for the Chy-Sawel Project. We learnt a lot about the link between nutrition and mental well-being and it was the sort of stuff that we would not come across in the media, so thanks for that. You attracted some of the most internationally respected speakers for the conference and they delivered top quality presentations, full of passion and commitment to the subject.
Many thanks.
With all good wishes Vicki
The conference was excellent-we only stayed for the first half as my sister needed to get away. However this was fascinating and full of information and inspiration for the holistic treatment, prevention and understanding of mental illness. I hope this will reach wider audiences where it will gain momentum for the good of sufferers of mental illness and society as a whole. I look forward to hearing more about it put into practice at Chy-Sawel.
Best wishes Dr. Gilda Davies
Delighted to hear Dr Alex Richardson present 'they are what you feed them' - she talks so directly with such enthusiasm & common sense. Manages to give us tasty morsels of complicated research in an appetising way-so we want more!
A bit like the facts & myths of mental illness with the 'Time for change 'campaign, we were alerted to what we eat & how food is presented to us through supermarket advertising, media , & we've got the book , 'Food, mood & Behaviour: Facts & Myths' (3 copies) especially for our young carers & their families.
It was so encouraging to hear from Kevin Williamson about his team's work with young people & the efficacy of Nutritionional Therapy in early intervention.
We are so limited & unimaginative & afraid to step out of the medical mode!
Both Doctors Downing & Orton re-affirmed the need for holistic treatment.
It is always so good to be among like-minded people. Access to good health & good nutrition should be so much easier -it is frightening, if not criminal, how little we use all this knowledge -especially those of us in a position to help or make changes.
Thank you Sandra for organising this event & promoting the value of holistic care & treatment & getting these inspiring speakers together.
Claudia Benzies