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Nutritional medicine as mainstream in psychiatry
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posted on 2015-03-01, 00:00 authored by J Sarris, A C Logan, T N Akbaraly, G P Amminger, V Balanzá-Martínez, M P Freeman, J Hibbeln, Y Matsuoka, D Mischoulon, T Mizoue, A Nanri, D Nishi, D Ramsey, J J Rucklidge, A Sanchez-Villegas, A Scholey, K P Su, Felice JackaFelice JackaPsychiatry is at an important juncture, with the current pharmacologically focused model having achieved modest benefits in addressing the burden of poor mental health worldwide. Although the determinants of mental health are complex, the emerging and compelling evidence for nutrition as a crucial factor in the high prevalence and incidence of mental disorders suggests that diet is as important to psychiatry as it is to cardiology, endocrinology, and gastroenterology. Evidence is steadily growing for the relation between dietary quality (and potential nutritional deficiencies) and mental health, and for the select use of nutrient-based supplements to address deficiencies, or as monotherapies or augmentation therapies. We present a viewpoint from an international collaboration of academics (members of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research), in which we provide a context and overview of the current evidence in this emerging field of research, and discuss the future direction. We advocate recognition of diet and nutrition as central determinants of both physical and mental health.
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Lancet. psychiatryVolume
2Issue
3Pagination
271 - 274Publisher
Lancet Publishing GroupLocation
Philadelphia, Pa.Publisher DOI
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2215-0366eISSN
2215-0374Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2015, Lancet Publishing GroupUsage metrics
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