| orthomolecular | L.C. Pauling's 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 endogenously or ingested. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| orthomolecular psychiatry | An approach to psychiatry that focuses on the use of megavitamins and nutrition in the treatment of such mental illnesses as the schizophrenic disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orthomolecular therapy | The use of very large doses of vitamins or other naturally occurring substances normally present in the body, frequently for the treatment of mental disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Therapy, Megavitamin, Therapy, Orthomolecular, Megavitamin Therapies, Orthomolecular Therapies, Therapies, Megavitamin, Therapies, Orthomolecular
| orthomolecular psychiatry |
Orthomolecular techniques include juice fasting, megadoses of vitamins, and identifying allergies. Orthomolecular psychiatry is obviously controversial, as most psychiatrists either don't understand it, or deny its future uses, even though it's been around since about 1968. Many orthomolecular physicians still prescribe neuroleptics, initially. However, the avoidance of neuroleptics is the main goal. ...
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| orthomolecular medicine |
Employing vitamins, minerals, and amino acids to create optimum nutritional content and balance in the body, orthomolecular medicine targets a wide variety of conditions, including depression, hypertension, schizophrenia, cancer and other mental and physiological disorders.
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| orthomolecular |
relating to or aimed at restoring the optimal concentrations and functions at the molecular level of the substances (e.g., vitamins) normally present in the body. See also under medicine and psychiatry.
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| orthomolecular m. |
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 in the body, such as vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and amino acids, in amounts that are optimized for each individual in order to correct nutritional deficiencies and the resulting biochemical abnormalities. Cf. orthomolecular psychiatry, under psychiatry.
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| orthomolecular p. |
that based on the theory that psychiatric illnesses are due to disturbances in the molecular environment of the brain and can be cured by restoration of optimal concentrations of substances normally present in the body, such as vitamins (orthomolecular therapy). Cf. orthomolecular medicine.
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