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Excerpts from Natural Healing for Schizophrenia and Other Common Mental Disorders
Studies find that vitamin C levels in schizophrenia are almost as low as
in patients with scurvy.
See Vitamin C, page 26, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
If all vitamin B3 were removed from our food for a year or so, virtually
the entire population would exhibit the symptoms of mental illness.
See Pellagra, pages 17-18, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
Histamine, known for its role in allergic symptoms, is also a central brain
neurotransmitter. Many patients diagnosed as schizophrenic have either a chronic
excess or deficiency of blood histamine. Nutritional treatment correcting
these imbalances has led to great improvement or recovery for most such patients.
See Histamine Imbalances, pages 44-53, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
Some chronic schizophrenics recover completely in days after avoiding foods
to which they are allergic. (They relapse if these foods are again consumed.)
See Allergies, pages 64-69, and Fasting, pages 77-82, in Natural Healing for
Schizophrenia
A diagnosis of schizophrenia is one of the most reliable predictors of the
presence of a serious and undiagnosed physical illness.
See Somatopsycho, pages 101-26, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is common in patients receiving long-term treatment
with neuroleptics (standard protocol in treating schizophrenia). It is characterized
by uncontrollable spasms of the face, limbs, and/or torso. However it is extremely
rare in people taking these drugs but also treated with nutritional (orthomolecular)
methods.
See Tardive Dyskinesia, pages 142-43, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
Early stages of schizophrenia may underlie many teenage suicides and car
accidents.
See Symptoms, pages 8-11, and Suicide, page 137, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
The few studies commonly cited to refute orthomolecular methods did not accurately
replicate these methods (treating chronic patients with methods developed
for acute patients, and thus providing inadequate dosage, length of treatment,
and variety of supplements). Nevertheless subgroups within these studies showed
some improvement.
See Orthomolecular Psychiatry, page 21, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
Practitioners find that 80-85% of schizophrenics recover or are greatly improved
upon orthomolecular treatment. Such treatments have benefited tens maybe hundreds
of thousands of patients. They no longer hear voices and become capable of
resuming their profession at the same level as previously, measurable by equivalent
income tax. This degree of improvement occurring in such a high percentage
of patients is unheard of with conventional methods.
See Prognosis, pages 13-14, in Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
Natural Healing for Schizophrenia: A Compendium of Nutritional Methods gathers together the results of over four decades of research by hundreds of physicians, biochemists, and psychiatrists in a clear, comprehensive, and well- referenced guide to state-of-the-art natural treatments. The book has received high praise from practitioners.
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