Vitamins and Supplements That May Help With Schizophrenia

SOURCES:

Elaine Weiner, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical System.

Joshua Roffman, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; director, Brain Genomics Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Thomas Milam, MD, chief medical officer, Iris Telehealth; affiliate professor of psychiatry, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine & Research Institute.

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