Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Zippy the fish head?

Fish oil hope for schizophrenia patients
A new study suggests that fish oil could be the key to a safe and effective form of treatment for young people with schizophrenia. ...
Seventy-six people completed the study and of the group, 41 were given fish oil tablets four times a day for three months. The rest were given a placebo.
Of the group that took the fish oil capsules, only two had developed a psychotic disorder after a year, while of the placebo group, 11 went on to develop some kind of psychosis. ABC
I can see where this might upset the mega pharmas, but stiff. Anything cheap that helps mental illnesses is worth a Nobel Prize IMHO (which isn't humble at all really). I bought a container today - not that I'm a twenty-first century schizoid man you understand but the oil seems to help lots of conditions that I do happen to have. So hoorah.

No comments:

Post a Comment