Although it would be counter productive to just look at the food we eat as the only answer to mental illness it should not be dismissed altogether, ozibecozi. Society needs to understand that mental illness does have a physiological basis and that a two-pronged approach addressing the physical health issue and the emotional troubles that arise from it is needed.

Mental illness can often be helped through diet. As an example mental illness can be caused by unstable blood sugar that can stem from pancreatic disease--sometimes poor diet can cause pancreatic disease in the first place. The mental problems caused by this disease are very real. There are also cases where allergies can cause mental illness as can vitamin/mineral deficiencies and hormonal imbalances.

Mental illnesses can be caused by damage to other organs. The brain of course is a major one here. Scarring to the brain can cause dysfunction. Scarring can be caused by drug addiction, physical injury to the head, high fevers, poisoning, epilepsy,etc.

To ignore physiological causes is as big a mistake as ignoring support for the emotional/mental fallout of mental illness.