St. John Health offers mental health and substance abuse treatment through a network of hospitals and outpatient centers. Personal or family problems, substance abuse or mental illness can be as damaging to health and well being as physical illness. Just as you would seek a doctor for a broken bone or a diabetic condition, help is available from experienced medical professionals for treatment of behavioral health problems.
Depression
Depression involves the body, mood, and thoughts, and affects the way a person eats and sleeps, feels about himself or herself, and thinks about things.
Folate and Depression
Folate, a B vitamin, may help ease depression. Studies have shown a link between depression and low blood levels of folate. Researchers at Tufts University suggest that taking 400 mcg of folate, the amount found in many multivitamins, may improve depression and make antidepressants work better.
