In another situation that shows alternative therapies are actually beneficial, researchers found that treating teens at high risk of psychosis with fish oil pills greatly reduced their risk of developing psychosis. In the study, published in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers state “No other intervention, including psychiatric drugs, has achieved as much for so long after treatment stopped. Moreover, antipsychotic drugs tend to have serious side effects, including weight gain and sexual dysfunction. Fish oil pills have no serious side effects.”.
WebMD article on fish oil use for at risk teens
