PSYCHOTROPIC DISORDERS

Sometimes called manic depression, this form of a mental illness is described as a fluctuation in mood extremes.

Research results in the emerging area of nutritional neuroscience point to a link between what people eat and the quality of their mental state.

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Owing to the complex nature of schizophrenia, treatment typically involves both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies.

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These agents are equal in effectiveness, but it is hard to predict which one will work best for a given patient.

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