Holistic approaches to relieving stress

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L-Theanine and GABA alone, or in combination - The evidence for their use in depression or insomnia for patients wanting to avoid registered pharmacological antidepressants or sleep medicators.

Learning objectives

You will learn:

  • The reasons why depression and sleep disturbances are important, serious and often interrelated health problems
  • The multifactorial pathobiological mechanisms underlying depression and holistic approaches to prevention and treatment
  • The reasons why sleep is so important to wellbeing and holistic approaches to sleep health and general wellbeing
  • What is known about the beneficial properties of L-theanine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in relation to relaxation, cognitive enhancement and dimensions of sleep
  • Clinical evidence on the effects of L-theanine and GABA, alone or in combination, on cognitive function, anxiety and dimensions of sleep.

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