Product Description

Natural Healing for Schizophrenia and Other Common Mental Disorders is a guide to natural approaches to mental and emotional health. It is organized in terms of schizophrenia but includes material on depression, bipolar, autism, and behavior disorders. The book brings together over a half century of medical and psychiatric research with a detailed exploration of nutrients, herbs and biotypes, and the role of allergies, toxins, hormones, physical condition, and brain biochemistry in mental health.

Natural Healing for Schizophrenia and Other Common Mental Disorders serves to inform and support patients and families, as well as physicians and researchers. It is updated and revised every few years, as new medical knowledge becomes available. Includes a glossary, a comprehensive index, current resources, and extensive references.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #332939 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 238 pages

William J. Walsh, Ph.D., Research Director, Pfeiffer Treatment Center and Health Research Institute, 1998
Most useful volume on nutritional methods for mental illness in 20 years... Valuable resource for researchers, clinicans and families alike.

Ralph Golan, M.D., Back Cover Notes, 1998
A magnificent and needed contribution to the field of mental health. A superb work, a beacon of hope.

About the Author
Eva Edelman, is a nutritionist, herbalist and health educator, with twenty-five years experience in these fields. Edelman lectures and writes extensively on natural approaches to mental health, and appears on media nationwide. She currently serves as nutritional consultant at a drop-in center run by and for individuals with psychiatric diagnoses.