Nutritional psychiatry: the present state of the evidence

@article{Marx2017NutritionalPT,
  title={Nutritional psychiatry: the present state of the evidence},
  author={Wolfgang Marx and Genevieve Moseley and Michael Berk and Felice N. Jacka},
  journal={Proceedings of the Nutrition Society},
  year={2017},
  volume={76},
  pages={427 - 436}
}
Mental illness, including depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder, accounts for a significant proportion of global disability and poses a substantial social, economic and heath burden. Treatment is presently dominated by pharmacotherapy, such as antidepressants, and psychotherapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy; however, such treatments avert less than half of the disease burden, suggesting that additional strategies are needed to prevent and treat mental disorders. There are now… Expand
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