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MENTAL DISEASE  

Nutrition can be used to fight cancer and mental illness. The diets are similar.

Tryptophan floods the brain cells in mental illness. Patients have taken tryptophan and have gotten worse according to several studies.

The use of nutrition is recommended to optimize brain function.

Some orthomolecular theories of mental illness involve food allergies. My own theory is that there is an allergic reaction to protein because too many amino acids are flooding the cells.

There is substantial hope in orthomolecular psychiatry. It seems that lactate is high in the brain in schizophrenia and possibly also bipolar disorder. This excess lactate is cause by amino acids, particularly tryptophan, flooding the brain cells.

Biochemical abnormalities causing psychiatric symptoms are discussed. It is concluded that schizophrenia is a diabetes of the brain.

The Mental Health Parity Act, if passed, would impose increased government regulation upon insurance firms by mandating identical coverage for patients of "mental illness" as exists for those of conventional ailments. This essay presents arguments against such a bill.

Mental healthy is a growing field in writing because so many are afflicted. This article explains in short what can be done with an article on mental health, from depression to mental illness.

Raising awareness and combatting the stigma of mental illness.

Involuntary commitment is an extreme remedy for imminent patient risk of harm to self or others. It is a dangerous, traumatic experience, not in the best interest of persons with severe persistent mental illness (SPMI).

HIV positive individuals are much more likely to also suffer from mental health or substance abuse problems, a new study reveals.

How a person's serious mental illness is often perceived by others as threatening.

Not only is the Mental Health Parity Act proposed by some Democratic politicians gravely flawed and threatening to the liberties of millions of Americans, but it is also motivated by less-than-pure political considerations, which this essay examines.

For many mental health patients, involuntary muscle movement is common. With the use of Parkinson's drug, Biperiden, these mental health patients are realizing an improvement.

Deconstructs the rise of mental illness in America, and examines causes other than a general decline in American mental Health. Provides interesting facts and statistics about mental illness at home and abroad, and offers opinions from several experts.

A bachelor's degree can only get you so far in a career in mental health. This article discusses steps in choosing career paths and graduate training programs in mental health-related fields.

Psychiatry and psychology have struggled for over 100 years to be recognized as valid medical practices. Like the Catholic church, abuses abound. Why isn't the public aware, and why are abuse situations minimized to be of little concern?

There is a logical explanation for mental illness. Unfortunately this explanation is not simple. It is affected by diet.

There was a big battle between the orthomolecular forces, led by Pauling, Hoffer, & Osmond, and the APA (American Psychiatric Association), which is hooked on drugs. The APA rejected orthomolecular psychiatry, but I believe that they were wrong.

The word "orthomolecular" was invented by Linus Pauling, but Pauling was influenced by previous work by Hoffer & Osmond. They all favored the use of natural substances.

I have proposed a diet to attack several forms of mental disease. I have tried the diet on myself and have had beneficial effects. The side effects of the diet are healthy.

Orthomolecular starts off with the prefix "ortho", which means "right" or "correct". The same prefix is used in the word "orthodox". Orthomolecular means the right amounts of the right molecules.

It seems that amino acids are flooding the cells in schizophrenia. Tryptophan is the worst offender. For the normal person, amino acids are valuable. In disease, it can be different.

There have been many controversies in psychiatry, including the one created by Linus Pauling when he invented "orthomolecular" psychiatry. I favor a vegan diet to treat mental illness.

It is often useful to use positive thinking. Anyone who thinks that mental disease is hopeless is wrong. It is treatable. Unfortunately the Devil is in the details.

The author has figured out the chemical imbalances that cause schizophrenia. He has put pieces of the puzzles together. It seems that amino acids flood the brain cells. This can be alleviated by diet.

Amino acids flood the brain in schizophrenia and possibly depression. In particular, tryptophan is an offender. A vegan diet low in tryptophan is suggested.

Orthomolecular medicine offers great hope for the future. It is cheaper and safer than drugs. However, I do not reject all drugs.

Diseases, including schizophrenia, are often mistakes in evolution. A diet very low in amino acids is recommended.

A new approach is suggested for schizophrenia. The disease has long been treated by drugs, which are very problematic. A diet is suggested.

It appears that amino acids are flooding the brain in schizophrenia. No drug has been made available based on this theory, so a diet is suggested.

Many abnormalities have been described in the blood in schizophrenia. It seems that a toxin causes tryptophan to flood the cells.

A number of diseases with known organic bases present with symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia. Each of these mimics provide clues to the enigma of schizophrenia.

Russian workers and American workers have both produced a great deal of evidence for a toxic factor as causing schizophrenia. What to do about it is the next problem.

This book gets an A+. A great deal of very valuable information on nutrition and on diseases is presented.

Nutrition is described in detail in relation to various diseases. A diet to treat mental diseases is proposed based upon a theory.

This finding disproves the popular, but false, neurodevelopmental theory once favored by Weinberger. Recently he gave up on the theory for schizophrenia.

There are serious metabolic errors that cause schizophrenia. These errors can be alleviated by diet, much as diabetes can be treated by diet.

A diet is proposed to treat various mental diseases. This diet is very low in protein. It seems that amino acids flood the brain in these diseases.

In porphyria there is a lack of heme. Since an enzyme metabolizing tryptophan requires heme, this causes a flooding of the brain with tryptophan. There are mental symptoms.

Nutrition plays a role in many diseases. It often can be used either as a treatment or as prevention or both. This approach was vfavored by Linus Pauling and Adelle Davis.

I am proposing a special diet to treat mental illness. Other attempts have been made at this by Dr. Lesser, Adelle Davis, and others. Some have proposed diets to fight cancer.

Clinical Neuroscience deals with both psychiatry and neurology. Many neurological disorders have psychiatric symptoms. In fact psychiatric diseases are probably neurological diseases not yet understood.

National Mental Health Screening has been around since 1991. Though, medical doctors agree mental health affects physical well being, it is viewed as a second tier option. Now, it has been made a lot more simple. Are you ready to take the step?

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced on September 26, 2007 that they will award nine grants to local mental health agencies in order to reduce chronic homelessness among individuals with mental illness.

Many experts agree that instead of spending so much time and effort on the treatment of mental illness, it would be better to concentrate on providing for normal emotional development. Healthy living will create this normal emotional development.

A brief exploring whether a child's mental health condition is considered a "serious health condition" under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Journalists tend to focus on high profile suicides and homicides, like the Virginia Tech Massacre. But real problem in the Virginia public mental health system is one of quality control, follow up, and information handling The consequences are tragic.

Why Is Seeking Mental Health Such A Secret Or So Far From Our Daily Experience... When It Seems that Everyone Is Going Crazy?

Looking at Mental Health Recovery.

The myths of mental illness, that mentally ill people are unkempt, unpredictable, violent and dangerous, the results of these myths, the stigma and how we can take a step toward a new attitude.

The findings of a survey conducted by the World Health Organization, partly funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, may surprise you...

The Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MHMR) Agency of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, TX has been flooded with new patients seeking assistance who have relocated from the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

For teens in need of mental health services, it is important that the mental health facility screen parents to be certain the right intentions are in place.

Millions of Americans are taking prescription medications for mental health conditions. Is all this medication the only way?

The general public should by now be able to accept that there are many people with a mental illness and at any time it could affect their family.

The effect of managed care health insurance plans on mental health care in the U.S.

The modern definition of mental health counseling and key concepts for professionals to take into consideration before practing as professionals.

I believe the mental health blogs I describe in this article are the best mental health blogs on the web.

The Gov. of NC has signed a bill that will make seeking medical attentions for mental health problems more affordable for residents.

Unfortunately, most insurance companies don't cover mental health just like any other medical condition. Although it is not a reason to put off treatment, there are many insurance issues you should consider when seeking mental health treatment.

How successful is your physician patient relationship with your psychiatrist MD? Use the questions on this list as guidelines to evaluating your mental health psychiatrist.

Insurance companies enforce too many rules,concerning mental health issues and how counseling and services are offered.

When you are not feeling well you may think that you must have a touch of a virus or a bug. However sometimes when you when this is occurring it is not as a result of a physical origin but is linked to an emotional or mental issue.

Is there a way of quantifying just how much psychotherapy is too much psychotherapy? The battlefield lines have been drawn, and what is at stake is the mental stability of a nation.

Cinematherapy is another name for using movies as a therapeutic technique to improve mental well-being. This type of self-help therapy can be done at home or on a Saturday night at the local movie theater.

PANDAS is a rare autoimmune disease that can lead to mental health complications.

This article aims to change the misconceptions of mental illness.

In 1962 Friedhoff & van Winkle discovered a chemical that is only found in schizophrenics. This author feels that this chemical causes abnormal brain glucose metabolism.

Bipolar is a mental illness that can break families apart.

Sometimes, teens can be stricken with mental illness and have trouble adjusting to real life. A look at the situation and getting them help through medicine, nutrition and faith.

A recent and growing tend in mental health counseling is the use of laughter. This article reviews the methods and processes that are used in laughter therapy.

If you are applying for any type of financial service, including life insurance, and you suffer from a mental illness, the underwriter may wish to utilize the DLAY life expectancy table.

What to do when a family member is diagnosed with severe mental illness.

Mental illness is found in just about almost every household,or either you know someone who has this illiness,you just don't know it because...

While there are many structures in the brain, some of the simplest and most important are the neurons, which permit most of our thinking to occur. This article discusses neurons in detail and what they mean to the brain and mental health.

In the article, "Mental Illness: How Much is Genetic?", the author makes the statement, "As they had for the bipolar disorder, advances in molecular biology also stimulated scientists to undertake linkage studies.

The results of a new survey are indicating that there is a connection between a person's mental health status and their productivity at work, according to Meritain Health.

A productive population is on with a sound mind to think and execute the power of their mental faculties. Mental health problems bring the affected persons and their families deep in the vicious circle of poverty

If someone is suffering from mental illness, should they be held responsible for actions that is or could be considered unlawful, for instance murder?

Many agencies throughout the Capital District that offer free services.

School systems work hand in hand with other government "institutions" making money for the "psychiatric community", making psychiatric "patients" out of school children at the expense of families.

Depressive disorders,anxiety, medication

Challenging logic puzzles such as Sudoku can help people keep their mental sharpness as they age.

Psychological disorders affect our society in many ways and are more common than most would believe. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, An estimated 26.2% of Americans age 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.

We hear much about bipolar disorder in the news these days. It is just one mental disease among many, but it seems the time we hear most about it is when some terrible crime has taken place.

While many believe that those with mental disorders should be treated on the same level of treatment as those with physical disorders, not much as resulted of this argument.

What is exactly Schizophrenia and why do people act the way they do? And what can be done to fix it?

The Schizophrenic life journey I am traveling with my son is frightening and forever changing. His amazing ability to cope and will to live, however, in spite of the suffering, has confirmed for me that the greatest of all healing powers is love.

Information on the mental condition known as factitious disorder

More than any other generation, teens and college students today could be the most diagnosed generation in history with mental illness.

Metabolic errors cause mental diseases and mental retardation. These can be treated by diets that alleviate the errors. Cancer can also be treated by nutrition.

A definition of what mental retardation means and some of the causes of it.

There is massive evidence that mental illness is caused by defective carbohydrate metabolism in the brain.

This diet may help fight mental illness, cancer, hypertension (because it is high in potassium and low in sodium), heart disease, PKU, obesity (because it is high in fiber), and other diseases. I do not reject other treatments such as surgery.

Schizophrenia is a mental illness in which recovery is possible. Typically, the recovery time is several years. Medications and therapy have been used to overcome this mental disorder.