Orthomolecular Therapy: Its History and Applicability to Psychiatric Disorders.

Author(s)

Frank J. Menolascino
John Y. Donaldson
Thomas F. Gallagher
Charles J. Golden, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
James E. Wilson

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 1988

Publication Title

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volume

18

Issue/Number

3

First Page

133

ISSN

0009-398X

Last Page

150

Abstract/Excerpt

Orthomolecular therapy has had much support and much opposition, and yet there remain a number of professionals and parents who continue the quest for its effective application in the amelioration of psychiatric disorders. The popular press has again been the forum for heated debate between those who debunk its possibilities and those who attest to its operative use. Because the parents of mentally retarded and mentally ill children are particularly vulnerable to the raising or dashing of their hopes against claims being made either way, this paper provides an overview and history of orthomolecular therapy, its application to both mental illness and mental retardation, as well as toxicity considerations relative to megavitamin treatment, in the hope that such information will provide mental health professionals with concise an swers to the challenging questions currently being asked by their patients.

DOI

10.1007/BF00709727

NSUWorks Citation

Menolascino, F. J., Donaldson, J. Y., Gallagher, T. F., Golden, C. J., Wilson, J. E. (1988). Orthomolecular Therapy: Its History and Applicability to Psychiatric Disorders.. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 18(3), 133-150.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/254