Mental Health Issues and Essential Fatty Acids

[HysteryDiagnosis]

Remember, supplements bad.... antidepressants good.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21775637

Nutr Clin Pract. 2011 Aug;26(4):409-25.
Essential fatty acids and psychiatric disorders.
Perica MM, Delas I.
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Šalata 3, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Abstract

Psychiatric disorders are a significant source of disability worldwide. Increasing evidence indicates that disturbances of fatty acids and phospholipid metabolism can play a part in a wide range of psychiatric, neurological, and developmental disorders in adults. Essential fatty acids, ω-3 and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, play a central role in the normal development and functioning of the brain and central nervous system. The aim of this article is to discuss the overall insight into roles of essential fatty acids in the development of mental disorders (depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) and, in light of the fact that disturbances of fatty acid metabolism can play a part in the above-mentioned disorders, to investigate the current knowledge of lipid abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder.

The information in this review was obtained after extensive MEDLINE searching of each topic area through relevant published studies from the past 20 years. References from the obtained studies were also used. This review summarizes the knowledge in terms of essential fatty acids intake and metabolism, as well as evidence pointing to potential mechanisms of essential fatty acids in normal brain functioning and development of neuropsychiatric disorders.

The literature shows that ω-3 fatty acids provide numerous health benefits and that changes in their concentration in organisms are connected to a variety of psychiatric symptoms and disorders, including stress, anxiety, cognitive impairment, mood disorders, and schizophrenia. Further studies are necessary to confirm ω-3 fatty acids' supplementation as a potential rational treatment in psychiatric disorders.

PMID:
21775637


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21940602
J Pharm Pract. 2011 Sep 22.
The Use of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Mental Illness.
Gören JL, Tewksbury AT.
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University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice.
Abstract

Purpose: This article will summarize the current evidence on the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on prevention and treatment of mental illness. Background: Omega-3 fatty acids are involved in many physiologic processes. Since they cannot be made de novo in the body, they are considered essential nutrients. As the Western diet evolved, dietary intake of fatty acids has shifted to increased omega-6 fatty acids and decreased omega-3 fatty acids intake. These changes have been correlated with numerous differences in prevalence and course of mental illnesses.

Methods: A MEDLINE search from 1966 to December 2010 was completed to identify studies comparing changes in symptoms, functioning, other outcomes, and/or side effects in patients treated with omega-3 fatty acids for mental illness. The studies were reviewed and reported by specific psychiatric disorder studied. Conclusions: Omega-3 fatty acids play a role in many biologic functions. Epidemiologic data implicate omega-3 fatty acid deficiencies in many mental illnesses. Data are most robust for omega-3 fatty acids' role in affective disorders. However, data are conflicting, negative, or absent for most mental illnesses.

PMID:
21940602

[trotsky]

1. Unrec for the ridiculous editorial comment. n/t

[MineralMan]

2. No. And nobody's saying that here.

Your information is interesting. Your snarky comment isn't. Information is good. Incorrect assumptions, not so much. The end result is another unrec from me.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. I pine for your unrecs, they are soooooo noteworthy. Thank you for that. n/t