Treatment for Depression: Omega-3s (EPA & DHA)

Overview

 

· Interview on Alternative Treatments for Depression (MP3 file)

 

· Can fats make you happy? (Going Bonkers?, 2007)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Mood Disorders (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2006)

 

· Oily fish and omega 3 fat supplements (British Medical Journal, 2006)

 

· Omega-3 fatty acids and major depression: A primer for the mental health professional (Lipids in Health & Disease, 2004)

 

· Essential Fatty Acids and the Brain (Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Depression in Pregnancy (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

Why They Work: Anti-Inflammatory Capability of Omega-3s

 

· Inflammation and Depression in Puerperal Women: Research from Psychoneuroimmunology (Medications and More Newsletter, June, 2007)

 

· Relationship of Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids to Circulating Inflammatory Markers (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2006)

 

· n-3 Fatty acids (fish oil) as an anti-inflammatory: an alternative to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for discogenic pain (Surgical Neurology, 2006)

 

· An adaptogenic role for omega-3 fatty acids in stress; a randomized placebo controlled double blind intervention study (Nutrition Journal, 2004)

 

· A randomized trial of supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid–rich tuna oil and its effects on the human milk cytokines interleukin 1, interleukin 6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002)

 

· Anti-stress effects of DHA (Biofactors, 2000)

 

Omega-3s and Prevention of Mood Disorders

 

· Risk of postpartum depression in relation to dietary fish and fat intake in Japan: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study (Psychological Medicine, 2006)

 

· Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Essential Fatty Acid Status as a Predictor of Future Suicide Risk (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2006)

 

· Relationship between high consumption of marine fatty acids in early pregnancy and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006)

 

· Food and nutrient intake in relation to mental wellbeing (Nutrition Journal, 2006)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Prevention of Postpartum Depression: Negative Data from a Preliminary, Open-Label Pilot Study (Depression & Anxiety, 2004)

 

· Food and nutrient intake in relation to mental wellbeing (Nutrition Journal, 2004)

 

· Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Mental Health (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003)

 

· Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Child and Maternal Health (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003)

 

· Cross-National Comparisons of Seafood Consumption and Rates of Bipolar Disorders (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

· Low consumption of seafood in early pregnancy as a risk factor for preterm delivery: prospective cohort study (British Medical Journal, 2002)

 

· Fish Consumption and Depressive Symptoms in the General Population in Finland (Psychiatric Services, 2001)

 

Omega-3s and Treatment of Mood Disorders

 

· Randomized dose-ranging pilot trial of omega-3 fatty acids for postpartum depression (Acta Psychiatrica Scandanavica, 2006)

 

· Efficacy of ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in bipolar depression: randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2006)

 

· Omega-3 fatty acids decreased irritability of patients with bipolar disorder in an add-on, open label study (Nutrition Journal, 2005)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders (Drugs, 2005)

 

· Role of omega-3 fatty acids as a treatment for depression in the perinatal period (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2005)

 

· Maternal fish oil supplementation in lactation: effect on developmental outcome in breast-fed infants (Reproductive Nutrition & Development, 2005)

 

· Omega-3 fatty acids decreased irritability of patients with bipolar disorder in an add-on, open label study (Nutrition Journal, 2005)

 

· Effects of Fish Oil on the Central Nervous System: A New Potential Antidepressant? (Nutritional Neuroscience, 2004)

 

· The effect of supplementation with fish oil during pregnancy on breast milk immunoglobulin A, soluble CD14, cytokine levels and fatty acid composition (Clinical & Experimenal Allergy, 2004)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acid Treatment and T2 Whole Brain Relaxation Times in Bipolar Disorder (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2004)

 

· A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Omega-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid in the Treatment of Major Depression (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Depression in Pregnancy (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

· A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Omega-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid in the Treatment of Major Depression (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acid Treatment of Women With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

· A Randomized Trial of Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy (Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2003)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acid Treatment of Women With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003)

 

· Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases (Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2002)

 

· Addition of Omega-3 Fatty Acid to Maintenance Medication Treatment for Recurrent Unipolar Depressive Disorder (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2002)

 

· Addition of Omega-3 Fatty Acid to Maintenance Medication Treatment for Recurrent Unipolar Depressive Disorder (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2002)