Vitamins, Omega-3 important in psychiatric illness

Posted by cheryljazzar on 07/30/2008 · Leave a Comment 

Folate and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in psychiatric disease. Muskiet FA, Kemperman RF. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. Schizophrenia, autism and depression do not inherit by Mendel’s law, and the search for a genetic basis seems unsuccessful. Schizophrenia and autism relate to low birth weight … Continue reading →

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Significant Magnesium Deficiency in Depression

Posted by cheryljazzar on 07/25/2008 · 2 Comments 

Abstract
Magnesium levels were tested in a total of 457 patients suffering either chronic primary depression or chronic pain with depression. The magnesium load or tolerance test is considerably more reliable than serum, red blood cell, whole blood, or white blood cell magnesium levels. Virtually all significantly depressed patients are deficient in magnesium. Clinicians should consider the potential of therapeutic benefit from magnesium replacement therapy in chronic depression. Although magnesium deficiency has been reported in depression, this association is not widely recognized (1).

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