In his inaugural lecture PD Dr. Gregor Berger of the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich talks about the important role Omega-3 fatty acids play in brain development and general health.
A shortage of Omega-3 fatty acids is involved in a suite of psychiatric disorders, including depression. As part of his lecture, Gregor Berger presented first baseline results of the Omega-3 clinical trial in juvenile depression patients. The study started in 2017 and will run until 2021.
Inaugural lecture on November 23, 2019. Omega-3 Fatty acids and brain development – from evolution to depression. (German)