"Nutrition and Mental Illness is very readable for physician and patient, presenting itself almost as a cookbook for approaching mental illness and most chronic physical illnesses."

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Carl C. Pfeiffer Ph.D., M.D. was the Director of the Brain Bio Center in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Believing that drugs and psychoanalysis were not always the best course of treatment for a variety of mental illnesses, Dr. Carl Pfeiffer began an extensive program of research into the causes and treatment of mental illness, and in 1973 opened the Brain Bio Center in Princeton, New Jersey. Here, with a team of scientists, he found that many psychological problems can be traced to biochemical imbalances in the body. With these patients, he achieved unprecedented success in treating a wide range of mental problems by adjusting diet and providing specific nutritional supplements for those conditions where deficiences exist. This book documents his approach.
Each year, thousands of people are diagnosed as schizophrenic; many more suffer from depression, anxiety, and phobias.

Dr. Pfeiffer's methods of treatment presented in Nutrition and Mental Illness are a valuable adjunct to traditional therapies, and can bring hope of real wellness to many of those who suffer.

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Nutrition and Mental Illness
An Orthomolecular Approach to Balancing Body Chemistry

Preface
Foreword

1. Mental Illness- Not All in the Mind
2. Understanding Mental Illness
3. Anxiety and Phobias-The Copper Connection
4. High Histamine Can Cause Depression
5. B6 and Zinc-The Missing Link
6. Brain Allergies
7. The Dangers of Daily Bread
8. Hypoglycemia-The Sugar Blues
9. Minerals, Mood Swings, and Manic Depressive Disorders
10. Diet, Crime, And Delinquency
11. How to Age Without Senility
12. Drugs-The Treatment That Leads Nowhere
13. Why Nutrition is the Way Forward
14. There is an Alternative to Hospitalization
15. Optimum Nutrition for Mental Health
16. Nutrition Programs for Specific Diseases
    Conclusion-Have Faith in Tomorrow's Medicine
    Summary of the Schizophrenias
    References and Further Reading
    Useful Addresses
    Index