... Spokane, WashingtonGrace Naing, M.D.Consulting Physician in Integrative Medicine and Acupuncture, Berkshire Fam-ily Medicine, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania; and in Addiction Medicine, Caron,Wernersville, ... treatmentsused in mental health care, in the context of accumulating evidence supportingclaims of efficacy and safety of certain nonconventional treatments, and unre-solved and in some cases increasing ... interest in the clinical use of these natural substances in both medicine and psychiatry. Recent research findings on the central role of omega-3 fattyacids in brain functioning are reviewed, and...