Fish oil may prevent schizophrenia
Health News today about Fish oil using for prevent schizophrenia. ELEANOR HALL: Doctors now know how to tell whether a young person is at risk of developing schizophrenia but what they’re not so sure about is the best form of treatment.
The use of antipsychotic drugs is controversial because of the risks of side-effects.
But now a study suggests that fish oil could be the key to a safe and effective form of treatment, as Lexi Metherell reports.
LEXI METHERELL: For young people at risk of developing schizophrenia early treatment is generally seen as the best way to avoid full blown psychosis down the track.
But the scientific community’s not exactly sure what the best form of early treatment is.
Adolescent psychiatrist Paul Amminger says low doses of anti-psychotic drugs are sometimes prescribed but it’s controversial.
PAUL AMMINGER: Because of the side-effects and because only part of those people progress to a full threshold disorder it was also questioned if such an early stage an intervention should be provided and in particular intervention with anti-psychotic medication.
LEXI METHERELL: Professor Amminger of the University of Melbourne’s Orygen Youth Health Centre led a study which has been published in the Archives of General Psychiatry
