In the 1950's, painful and typically ineffective insulin injections, barbiturates, morphine, and electro-convulsive therapy were used for schizophrenic patients.
Modern medications are also strong and can leave lasting side effects.
Alternative cures that have proven to be effective involve dietary changes and rotation diets, nutritional supplementation, herbal tea programs, humming, aromatherapy, sleep therapy, and addiction therapy. Dietary changes that help the schizophrenic are usually focused on eliminating allergies and processed foods from the diet as well as adding foods rich in essential fatty acids, magnesium, Vitamin C, and the B vitamins. The best sources of GLA are mother's milk, spirulina, blue-green algae, borage seeds, black currant seeds, and evening primrose seeds. Prescription for Nutritional Healing lists foods rich in niacin such as broccoli, carrots, corn, eggs, fish, potatoes, and tomatoes, and other foods like tuna, sunflower seeds, peas, halibut, and chicken breast as beneficial in treating schizophrenia. Some modern therapies for schizophrenics bypass dietary modifications altogether and simply add missing nutrients through supplementation.