ORTHOMOLECULAR APPROACH TO THE THEORY AND TREATMENT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE (CRIME, MALNUTRITION AND THE ORTHOMOLECULAR APPROACH CONFERENCE)

• NCJ Number: 40035
• Author(s): G PRASTKA
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Sale Source: Huxley Institute for Bio-Social Research; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 45 MINUTES, 1976

Annotation

AUDIO-CASSETTE PRESENTATION COVERS SCOPE OF PRESENT PHILOSOPHY ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AND THE RADICAL ORTHOMOLECULAR APPROACH TO THESE PROBLEMS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR, AN ORTHOMOLECULAR PSYCHIATRIST, BELIEVES THAT THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF MOST MENTAL DISORDERS ARE RELATED TO THE VARIATION OF SUBSTANCES NORMALLY OCCURING IN THE BODY, SUCH AS VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND HORMONES. PRASTKA SUGGESTS THAT IF RESEARCH ON ANIMALS IS ACCURATE, THE POTENTIAL FOR ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ADDICTION WILL DECREASE AS THE PROPER PROPORTION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS IS TAKEN INTO THE BODY. IT WILL INCREASE AS THE BODY IS ROBBED OF A PROPER PROPORTION, AND INSTEAD RECEIVES HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF SUGAR AND STARCH....BS