Natural Healing for Schizophrenia
and other common mental disorders
Third edition, © 2001
by Eva Edelman

 
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This book is relevant to a wide variety of disorders such as childhood developmental disorders like autism and learning disabilities, depression, chronic fatigue, etc. as well as schizophrenia.  It covers the role of histamine, copper/zinc balance, over and undermethylation, allergies, physical illness, mercury and other heavy metals, as well as pyrroles in these disorders.  It explains what the people with these different problems are like and what to do to help.  It updates and extends much of the information in Carl Pfeiffer’s work on nutrition and mental illness, as well as incorporating other views and approaches in orthomolecular psychiatry.  There is a forward by Abram Hoffer, M. D., and Bill Walsh, Ph. D.  of the Pfeiffer Treatment Center is quoted extensively.

Natural Treatments for Schizophrenia and other common mental disorders contains the latest information about:

 • Amino acid treatment
• Autism
• Candida
• Copper, zinc and manganese
• Depression
• Drug risks and problems
• Epilepsy
• Essential fats and “bad fats”
• Folic acid and vitamin B12
• Gluten and casein sensitivity
• Herbal remedies
• Histadelia and histapenia
• Hypoglycemia, sugar problems
• Megavitamin therapy
• Metal effects on brain function
• Metal effects on hormones
• Minerals and electrolytes
• Over and undermethylation
• Systemic lupus
• Vitamin B6 and pyroluria
• Vitamins A and D
• and of course Schizophrenia
 
 
 

Table of Contents
 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PART I ­ BACKGROUND
Schizophrenia
Overview
Biochemical Factors
Defining schizophrenia
Onset and Symptoms
Physical changes in the brain
Prognosis
Why nutrition?
Biochemical individuality
History
Pellagra
Early work with nutrients
Megavitamin therapy
Orthomolecular Psychiatry
Evolution of nutritive treatment
Perspectives on neuroleptics
PART II ­ NUTRIENTS
Vitamin C and B3:
the original megavitamins
Frequently used vitamins:
B6, B12, folate, E
Other B vitamins
Bioflavinoids; co-Q-10
Fat soluble vitamins, A and D
Zinc and manganese: key minerals
Chromium and selenium
Electrolytes: magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium
Phosphorus, molybdenum, iodine, germanium
Copper and iron
Essential fatty acids
Exercise, oxygen and light
PART III ­ MAJOR BIOTYPES
How to use Part III
Background: Histamine, Pyroluria
Histamine Imbalances
Histapenia
Histapenia and copper
Comparison chart
Histadelia
Pyroluria
 Related factors
Folic acid, B12 deficiencies
Fatty acids
Detrimental fats
Allergies
Gluten and casein
Sugar imbalances
Hypoglycemia
Diabetes
Fasting
History
Juice fasting
PART IV ­ NEUROTOXINS
Poisons
Tobacco
Caffeine
Alcohol
Water/electrolyte imbalance
Nightshades and solanine
Pesticides
Organic solvents
Metal toxicity
Mercury
Lead
Calcium/magnesium imbalances
Other metals
Free radicals
Antioxidants
PART V ­ SOMATO-PSYCHIC INFLUENCES
Underlying illness
A vicious cycle
Compromised immunity
Opportunistic infection
Microbial etiology
Nonmicrobial etiology
Implicated illnesses
Candida
Syphilis
Systemic lupus
Epilepsy
Acute intermittent porphyria
Homocysteinemia
Phenylketonuria
Endocrines
Hypothyroid
Hyperthyroid
Adrenals
Pituitary
Parathyroid
More endocrines
Organic brain disorders
 PART VI ­ SOME CRITICAL CONCERNS
Children
Autism
Depression
Manic depression
Herbs
Suicide
Violence and delinquency
PART VII ­ NEUROTRANSMITTERS
The neural net
Neurotransmitters
The catecholamines
Dopamine
Norepinephrine
More monoamines
Serotonin
Acetylcholine
Amino acid neurotransmitters
GABA
Taurine
Glutamic acid
Glycine/serine/cysteine
PART VIII  ­ TOXIMOLECULAR
Drugs
Dopamine and neuroleptics
Neuroleptic toxicity
Tardive dyskinesia
Psychosis-inducing drugs
Lithium
Electroshock
Drug substitutes
Nutrients
Herbs
PART IX ­ POLITICAL CONTROVERSY
Psychological treatments
Scientific methodology
Political history
APPENDICES
1. Physical and biochemical tests
2. Psychological tests
3. Epidemiology
4. Inherited factors
5. Resources

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