Commentary on Nutritional Treatment
of Mental Disorders
from Willam Walsh, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Pfeiffer Treatment Center www.hriptc.org
(The following information is taken from Dr. William Walsh's discussion on Safe Harbor's "Integrative Psychiatry" email list for professionals. To preserve Dr. Walsh's wealth of information, we have posted his comments here, with the notation of added commentary [with the date] as discussion goes on.)
http://www.vitamindc...epression.shtml
Vitamin D and DepressionIs psychiatry that branch of medicine that can explain everything but predict nothing? No group of scientists is working harder to change that definition than those at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Among the scientists at NIMH are many of the most famous names in psychiatry and some of my personal heroes. They know that nothing could be a crueler message than to tell those suffering from major depression that physiological amounts of vitamin D will cure it. Premature claims for a variety of nonprescription supplements have given suffering millions hopes that were soon dashed on the rocks of scientific reality. Even the supplements that may help such as SAMe, omega‑3/omega‑6 intake ratios, or lowering homocysteine with adequate methylating B vitamins/TMG are not cure‑alls.................................segue..
Edited by vivolenta, 16 June 2008 - 11:29:15.
