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Mental Health and the Gut is a course that will review the strong, bidirectional communication between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. Specifically, we will cover the role of the microbiome in shaping brain health, the link between gastrointestinal symptoms and mental health, and new and seminal research on the brain-gut connection in specific psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and autism spectrum disorders.