Omega-3, Vitamin D, and other nutrients decrease mental health problems
From Importance of a balanced diet for mental health Science Daily
Omega-3, essential amino acids, B-group vitamins (B12 and folate), vitamin D and minerals like zinc, magnesium and iron.
A balanced and high-quality diet, such as the Mediterranean, provides all of these, the researchers note.
Jerome Sarris, Alan C Logan, Tasnime N Akbaraly, G Paul Amminger, Vicent Balanzá-Martínez, Marlene P Freeman, Joseph Hibbeln, Yutaka Matsuoka, David Mischoulon, Tetsuya Mizoue, Akiko Nanri, Daisuke Nishi, Drew Ramsey, Julia J Rucklidge, Almudena Sanchez-Villegas, Andrew Scholey, Kuan-Pin Su, Felice N Jacka. Nutritional medicine as mainstream in psychiatry. The Lancet Psychiatry, 2015; 2 (3): 271 DOI:10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00051-0
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Authors are a part of International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR)
Which has an interesting set of publications online – with hyperlinks
A randomized placebo-controlled trial of an omega-3 fatty acid and vitamins E+C in schizophrenia (Open Access)
Dietary Patterns and Depressive Symptoms over Time: Examining the Relationships with Socioeconomic Position, Health Behaviours and Cardiovascular Risk (Open Access)
Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health: ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry (Open Access)
Vitamin-mineral treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults: double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial
Moving Towards a Population Health Approach to the Common Mental Disorders – (Open Access)
Dietary patterns and suicide in Japanese adults: health center-based prospective study
Fish Oil for Attenuating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Rescue Workers after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Open Access)
Dietary patterns and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women
Serum folate and homocysteine and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women (Open Access)
Green tea and coffee consumption is inversely associated with depressive symptoms in a Japanese working population
PTSD and the attenuating effects of fish oils: Results of supplementation after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake (Open Access)
Are omega-3 fatty acids anti-depressants or just mood-improving agents? The effect depends upon diagnosis, supplement preparation, and severity of depression (Open Access)
Long-Chain -3 Fatty Acids for Indicated Prevention of Psychotic Disorders (Open Access)
Maternal and Early Postnatal Nutrition and Mental Health of Offspring by Age 5 Years: A Prospective Cohort Study
Depression, diet and exercise (Open Access)
Preventative strategies in depression: gathering evidence for risk factors and potential interventions (Open Access)
Therapeutic use of omega-3 fatty acids in bipolar disorder
Association of Western and Traditional Diets With Depression and Anxiety in Women (Open Access)
A prospective study of diet quality and mental health in adolescents (Open Access)
The association between habitual diet quality and the common mental disorders in community-dwelling adults: The Hordaland Health Study (Open Access)
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Red Meat Consumption and Mood and Anxiety Disorders
The dietary intake of fish, PUFAs and clinical depressive and anxiety disorders in population-based women
Diet quality and mental health problems in adolescents from East London: a prospective study
The association between fruit and vegetable consumption and mental health disorders: evidence from four waves of a national survey of Canadians
Nutrients and the common mental disorders
A Randomised Controlled Trial Investigating an Annual High Dose Vitamin D3 and Mental Well-Being: Vital D Study (Open Access)
Diet quality in bipolar disorder in a population-based sample of women
Diet and depressed mood in adolescents: Results from the Healthy Neighbourhoods study
The association between magnesium intake and depression and anxiety in community-dwelling adults: The Hordaland Health Study
Diet, exercise, lifestyle modification and complementary medicine for anxiety disorders: A review of current evidence (Open Access)
A randomised, controlled trial of a dietary intervention for adults with major depression (the SMILES trial): study protocol (Open Access)
Broad-spectrum micronutrient formulas for the treatment psychiatric symptoms: A systematic review
Shaken but unstirred? Effects of micronutrients on stress and trauma after an earthquake: RCT evidence comparing formulas and doses
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for major depressive disorder
Phospholipase A2 and cyclo-oxygenase 2 genes influence the risk of interferon-alpha-induced depression by regulating polyunsaturated fatty acids levels (Open Access)
Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part II – contemporary contextual research (Open Access)
Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part III – convergence toward clinical trials (Open Access)
Clinical implications of lipid peroxidation in acne vulgaris: old wine in new bottles
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation in Adolescents With Borderline Personality Disorder and Ultra-High Risk Criteria for Psychosis: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of a Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
Polyunsaturated fatty acids in emerging psychosis
Decreased nervonic acid levels in erythrocyte membranes predict psychosis in help-seeking ultra-high-risk individuals
Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation changes intracellular phospholipase A2 activity and membrane fatty acid profiles in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis
Dietary intake of folate, other B vitamins, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to depressive symptoms in Japanese adults
Serum pyridoxal concentrations and depressive symptoms among Japanese adults: results from a prospective study
Fish consumption and cardiovascular response during mental stress (Open Access)
Potential role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in omega-3 fatty acid supplementation to prevent posttraumatic distress after accidental injury: An open-label pilot study (Open Access)
Clearance of fear memory from the hippocampus through neurogenesis by omega-3 fatty acids: A novel preventive strategy for posttraumatic stress disorder? (Open Access)
Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and depressive symptoms in Japanese: analysis by survey season