Freedman realized that, because a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binds nicotine from tobacco smoke, it might explain the "very heavy rates of smoking in patients with schizophrenia they might be self-medicating to increase activity of the faulty receptor." This receptor type is widely distributed in the brain. Since clearly the current treatment of such individuals appears to leave something to be desired, the article discusses the possibility of a lack of a properly functioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptor being involved in mental disorders. Robert Freedman, the psychiatrist who treated James Holmes, the man involved in the shooting of twelve movie-goers in a theater in 2012. 8, 2016, concerning the possibility of a nutritional supplement preventing mental illness. (OMNS, Jan 17, 2017) It caused me a degree of chagrin to read the interview published by Medscape on Nov. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 17, 2017 An interesting article on the use of nutrition in the treatment of psychosis:Ĭlick here to see a web copy of this news release
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