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Orthomolecular psychiatry — is the use of orthomolecular medicine for mental illness. The approach uses unorthodox forms of individualized testing and diagnosis to attempt to establish an etiology for each patient s specific symptoms, and claims to tailor the treatment… … Wikipedia
Orthomolecular medicine — Intervention MeSH D009974 Biologically based alternative and comple … Wikipedia
orthomolecular — L.C. Pauling term denoting a therapeutic approach designed to provide an optimum molecular environment for body functions, with particular reference to the optimum concentrations of substances normally present in the human body, whether formed… … Medical dictionary
orthomolecular medicine — a system for the prevention and treatment of disease based on the theory that each person s biochemical environment is genetically determined and specific to the individual. Therapy is provided by supplementation with substances naturally present … Medical dictionary
orthomolecular — adjective Date: 1968 relating to, based on, using, or being a theory according to which disease may be cured by providing the optimum amounts of substances (as vitamins) normally present in the body < orthomolecular therapy > < orthomolecular… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Psychiatry — The medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness. Psychiatrists are MDs who receive additional training and serve a supervised residency in their specialty. They may also have additional training in… … Medical dictionary
orthomolecular therapy — treatment of disease based on the theory that restoration of optimal concentrations of substances normally present in the body, such as vitamins, trace elements, and amino acids, will effect a cure. See also under medicine, and psychiatry … Medical dictionary
Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine — The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine ( JOM ), first published in 1967, provides a source for publication of studies in nutritional and orthomolecular medicine. There is controversy surrounding the journal, as the validity of the field of… … Wikipedia
Abram Hoffer — (born 1917) is a Canadian psychiatrist known for his work in the development of biochemically based therapies based on the use of nutrition and vitamins in the treatment of schizophrenia mdash; known as orthomolecular psychiatry. This general… … Wikipedia
Schizophrenia — MeshName = Schizophrenia MeshNumber = F03.700.750 Schizophrenia (pron en|ˌskɪtsəˈfriːniə), from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν, to split ) and phrēn , phren (φρήν, φρεν , mind ) is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder… … Wikipedia
