Nutritional psychiatry: An evolving concept

The World Health Organization states that at some point of their lifetime, one in four people will be having mental or neurological disorders.[1] Mental disorders are the leading cause of global disability according to recent estimates, and currently, pharmacologicaloriented therapy supplemented by psychotherapeutic intervention is the main treatment modality in psychiatry. Growing evidence shows that diet and nutrition are associated in prevention, development, and management of mental disorders.[2] In spite of the conventional management, it has been projected that mental disorders will exponentially increase in upcoming years and pose for an impending epidemic worldwide.