Drop those Grains! -- Mental disease and gluten

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This is from the Celiac group. Thought you might find it interesting ...

-- The Glutenator

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Mental Disorders in Adolescents with Celiac Disease. The abstract is free.

Some interesting quotes-

" Relative to the comparison subjects, the celiac disease patients had

significantly higher lifetime prevalences of major depressive disorder (31%

versus 7%) and disruptive behavior disorders (28% versus 3%). In most cases

these disorders preceded the diagnosis of celiac disease and its treatment

with a gluten-free diet. The prevalence of current mental disorders was

similar in both groups. Celiac disease in adolescents is associated with an

increased prevalence of depressive and disruptive behavioral disorders,

particularly in the phase before diet treatment. "

The full abstract is located at

http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/4/325