How zinc deficiency sabotages your mental health

Learn about the critical importance of zinc to your mental health and the various roles this amazing mineral plays in nervous and body system function. The information in this video is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your own health professional. Abdul Saad Clinical Psychologist Website: www.vitalmind.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/vitalmindpsych Selected published research on zinc, depression and mental health: Lai, Jun, et al. "The efficacy of zinc supplementation in depression: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials." Journal of affective disorders 136.1 (2012): e31-e39. Maes, Michael, et al. "Lower serum zinc in major depression is a sensitive marker of treatment resistance and of the immune/inflammatory response in that illness." Biological psychiatry 42.5 (1997): 349-358. Nowak, Gabriel, et al. "Effect of zinc supplementation on antidepressant therapy in unipolar depression: a preliminary placebo-controlled study." Polish journal of pharmacology 55.6 (2003): 1143-1148. Nowak, Gabriel, Bernadeta Szewczyk, and Andrzej Pilc. "Zinc and depression. An update." Pharmacol Rep 57.6 (2005): 713-8. Ranjbar, Elham, et al. "Effects of zinc supplementation in patients with major depression: a randomized clinical trial." Iranian journal of psychiatry 8.2 (2013): 73-9. Roomruangwong, Chutima, et al. "Lower serum zinc and higher CRP strongly predict prenatal depression and physio-somatic symptoms, which all together predict postnatal depressive symptoms." Molecular neurobiology (2016): 1-13. Takeda, Atsushi. "Zinc signaling in the hippocampus and its relation to pathogenesis of depression." Molecular neurobiology 44.2 (2011): 166-174. Vashum, Khanrin Phungamla, et al. "Dietary zinc is associated with a lower incidence of depression: findings from two Australian cohorts." Journal of affective disorders 166 (2014): 249-257.