> Yes, there ARE psychosocial causes of mental illness, but >food intake in some cases makes all the differences in the universe. Right, >Mary? Anyone else care to comment? There is no separaration between psychosocial or nutritional " causes" Both affect the innerchemistry , metabolic state or endocrine status ... They go together, your specific nutritional status will affect your behavior and psychosocial condition and vice versa . when somebody feel lonely or depressed triggered by a social interaction ,that person will have the drive to compensate and reestablish the balance of his innerchemistry with specific foods. The person who overate candies could start to behave frantic or agressive and will create social responses from others ,or social situation which again thru emotions felt at that point will change the inner chemestry We have at least to understand phenomenas as cycle not linearly and better to see everything starting and ending in a point. So at anypoint in time or space we can affect the whole. Somepeople will want to focus on the nutritional aspect of it and their world will change, others will start with their psychoemotional relationship to their world and will end up eating differently. That was my comment! jean-claude