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Supermarket treatments for depression don't require a prescription. But do they work?
The Conversation
15/07/2025
Appears in Recent Faculty of Health Publications
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Abstract
Australians have long been some of the highest users of herbal and nutritional supplements that claim to boost mood or ease depression. These include omega-3s (found in fish oil), St John’s wort, probiotics and vitamin D. In fact, among Australians with depression, these supplements are more popular than prescription medicines. But do they actually work? And how do they compare to other treatments? A new review has assessed the evidence from 209 studies – here’s what it found.
Details
- Title
- Supermarket treatments for depression don't require a prescription. But do they work?
- Creators
- Jessica Bayes - Southern Cross UniversityJon Wardle - Southern Cross UniversityCarrie Thomson-Casey - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991013297055502368
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article