Psychiatry

Psychiatric disorders are not medical diseases. There are no lab tests, brain scans, X-rays or chemical imbalance tests that can verify any mental disorder is a physical condition. This is not to say that people do not get depressed

Some people may be delusional, but psychiatry is deluded. Let me tell you why...

Culture plays a role in mental life. Our thoughts and perceptions are shaped by the books we read, by the movies we see, by the language we speak. Perhaps less obviously, culture plays a role in mental disorder as well.

Organic treatments have been very problematic in the past. However, the future may be bright with promise for diets and other orthomolecular treatments.

Although there are skeptics, the evidence points towards an important role of nutrition in psychiatry. The skeptics are wrong. Amino acids are involved.

Psychiatry is a mixture of both. To throw out all of psychiatry is a mistake. Measurements of brain chemicals are science. There are treatments that are science fiction.

Various animal models have been tried in psychiatry. Guinea pigs were given methamphetamine in Japan to simulate schizophrenia. But are these animal models accurate? Maybe.

A review of spirituality in therapy.

These studies have yielded positive findings in various types of mental disorders including autism. There are abnormalities in brain chemistry in the various types of mental disease.

Research on panic disorder is reviewed. Lactate can trigger panic attacks. Possible reasons for this are explained. Klein's theory is discussed.

Linus Pauling invented the word "orthomolecular" in 1968. However, he was influenced by previous work including that of Hoffer & Osmond and that of Heath. It means the right amount of the right molecules.

Using nutrition is cheaper and safer than using drugs. I do not recommend that drugs be abolished. My recommendation is that the government recognize orthomolecular nutrition instead of blackballing it. Financial savings will follow from this.

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Many treatments in psychiatry are controversial. These treatments are discussed. It is concluded that natural treatments are safer.

Unfortunately there have been serious problems with psychiatric drugs. My recommendation is that the food allergy theory is more precise. Amino acids are flooding the brain cells.

Some important neurotransmitters are monoamines including dopamine, serotonin, etc. These neurotransmitters are thought to have abnormalities in the various forms of mental illness including schizophrenia, depression, etc.

There are many theories, but some of them are science fiction. The omega-3-fatty acid theory is fishy. The monoamine theory is probably correct, but complex. The treatment is orthomolecular.

Mental health issues are discussed including psychiatric drugs and alternatives. It is concluded that the drugs are problematic, but there is hope in alternative medicine.

The most terrible side effects are from drugs and ECT. Orthomolecular treatments tend to have beneficial side effects. There are also unusual organic treatments.

I have honored some of the most brilliant scientists who have contributed to psychiatry including Alzheimer as well as those less famous.

Integrative medicine uses nutrition, supplements, and sometimes herbs. Dr. Weil favors the use of this approach, which recognizes both orthodox medicine and alternative medicine.

Amino acids play an important role in mental health. Risperidone is plagued by bad side effects. Dietary treatment may be better.

There have been many problems with drugs. Alternative medicine hold great promise. Amino acids are important.

Psychiatric drugs act on neurotransmitters. This is why there are so many bad side effects. Alternative treatments are recommended.

A hypothesis for mental disease is put forward. A putative treatment is proposed based on this hypothesis.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, co-founded by the Church of Scientology and Dr. Thomas Szasz, has opened an exhibit in Philadelphia. The exhibit depicts atrocities that have been committed by psychiatrists

Near the two year anniversary of Tom Cruise's appearance on The Today Show, in which Mr. Cruise criminalized psychiatry, the author comments on the damage done, the truth about mental health, and the origins of the actor's misguided words and beliefs.

The ever-increasing understanding of neurobiology and brain chemistry will, no doubt, continue to grow exponentially. As it does, the aspects of the help we call "psychiatry" and "psychotherapy" will continue to change.

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.