Can fish oil help to beat depression?
When conventional treatment failed, EPA was prescribed alongside medication. The result could mark a medical breakthrough ONE AFTERNOON IN 1996 a mother and her son arrived in my consulting room for an appointment. The mother looked deeply anxious, the son, Anthony, sat slumped in his chair, silent and looking at the floor. Anthony had apparently been suffering from severe clinical depression since the age of 14. I could see clearly that he was in a bad way. Now 21, he was a tall, dark-haired young man whose clothes hung loosely on his lean frame, suggesting that he had lost weight. Like many people suffering depression, he found it difficult to make eye contact and spoke hesitantly and quietly. Depression is a truly disabling disease and, for those who suffer from it, it is a clearly defined condition. Even if the experience of depression sufferers varies in the detail, such as the degree or longevity of their illness, or the precise symptoms they experience, the core feeling of ongoi
