Studies have suggested that a ketogenic diet is beneficial for epilepsy, both in adults (1) and in children (2). As antiseizure medications have proved to be effective treatment for bipolar disorder, the question has arisen whether the ketogenic diet, or other diets, may be effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder (3). Dietary omega-3 fatty acids have been found to lengthen remissions in ...

The safety and effectiveness of the ketogenic diet for the treatment of epilepsy have been known for decades. However, successful implementation of the diet requires an essential commitment by the patient and his or her family. Compliance with the ketogenic diet involves adjustments and often reversals of habitually established eating routines, as opposed to the task of consistently taking one’...

Since the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia (2002) that intellectually disabled defendants cannot be executed, approximately 7% of death row inmates have filed habeas petitions claiming to have an intellectual disability (Blume, Johnson, & Seeds, 2009). Countless other defendants have been evaluated pre-trial to determine the appropriateness of an Atkins exclusion of the death penalty. ...