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Popular Medications (I add them as on run across articles on them):

• Seroquel® (quetiapine) / Risperdal® (risperidone) / Abilify (aripiprazole)

Alternative News:

• Curcuma longa extract improves serum inflammatory markers and mental health in healthy participants who are overweight: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - Nutr J 2021 Nov 13 - "We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in healthy subjects aged 50 to 69 years with overweight. Participants took two capsules containing CLE (CLE group, n = 45) or two placebo capsules (placebo group, n = 45) daily for 12 weeks, and serum inflammatory markers were measured ... After the intervention, the CLE group had a significantly lower body weight (p < 0.05) and body mass index (p < 0.05) than the placebo group and significantly lower serum levels of C-reactive protein (p < 0.05) and complement component 3 (p < 0.05). In addition, the CLE group showed significant improvement of the MOS SF-36 mental health score (p < 0.05) and POMS anger-hostility score" - See curcumin at Amazon.com.
• Magnesium intake was inversely associated with hostility among American young adults - Nutr Res 2021 May;89:35-44 - "We hypothesize that high total magnesium intake is associated with lower levels of hostility because of its putative antidepressant mechanisms. To test the hypothesis, we prospectively analyzed data in 4,716 young adults aged 18-30 years at baseline (1985-1986) from four U.S. cities over five years of follow-up using data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study ... After adjustment for socio-demographic and major lifestyle factors, a significant inverse association was observed between magnesium intake and hostility level over 5 years of follow-up. Beta coefficients (95% CI) across higher quintiles of magnesium intake were 0 (reference), -1.28 (-1.92, -0.65), -1.45 (-2.09, -0.81), -1.41 (-2.08, -0.75) and -2.16 (-2.85, -1.47), respectively (Plinear-trend<.01). The inverse association was independent of socio-demographic and major lifestyle factors, supplement use, and depression status at year 5. This prospective study provides evidence that in young adults, high magnesium intake was inversely associated with hostility level independent of socio-demographic and major lifestyle factors" - [Nutra USA] - See magnesium supplements at Amazon.com.
• Omega-3s help keep kids out of trouble - Science Daily, 7/24/18 - "Giving children omega-3 fatty acid supplements reduces disruptive behavior, which in turn had a positive effect on their parents, making them less likely to argue with each other and engage in other verbal abuse ... That work takes Portnoy into the heart of the "nature versus nurture" debate -- whether people who commit crimes have something in their physiological makeup that predisposes them to doing so or if social factors like abusive family situations lead them to it" - See omega-3 supplements at Amazon.com.
• Reductions of intimate partner violence resulting from supplementing children with omega-3 fatty acids: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, stratified, parallel-group trial - Aggress Behav. 2018 May 20 - "a community sample of children were randomized to receive either a fruit drink containing 1 gm of omega-3 fats (Smartfish Recharge; Omega-3 group, n = 100) or the same fruit drink without omega-3's (Placebo group, n = 100) ... Caregivers of children in the omega-3 group reported long-term reductions in psychological aggression in a group × time interaction. Improvements in adult psychological aggression were correlated with improvements in child externalizing behavior scores. No differences were reported for child maltreatment. This study is the first to show that omega-3 supplementation in children can reduce inter-partner psychological aggression among adult caregivers not receiving supplements. Findings suggest that improving child behavior through omega-3 supplementation could have long-term benefits to the family system as a whole" - [Nutra USA] - See fish oil supplements at Amazon.com.
• Omega-3, vitamins, minerals may reduce aggressive behaviour - Nutra USA, 2/23/10

Other News:

• People with rage disorder twice as likely to have latent toxoplasmosis parasite infection - Science Daily, 3/23/16 - "It will take experimental studies to see if treating a latent toxoplasmosis infection with medication reduces aggressiveness ... If we can learn more, it could provide rational to treat IED in toxoplasmosis-positive patients by first treating the latent infection"
• More trans fat consumption linked to greater aggression, researchers find - Science Daily, 3/13/12 - "The study of nearly 1,000 men and women provides the first evidence linking dTFAs with adverse behaviors that impacted others, ranging from impatience to overt aggression ... We found that greater trans fatty acids were significantly associated with greater aggression, and were more consistently predictive of aggression and irritability, across the measures tested, than the other known aggression predictors that were assessed"
• What Is the Best Approach for Managing Aggression in Older Adults? - Medscape, 2/18/10
• Angry Faces: Facial Structure Linked To Aggression - Science Daily, 10/30/09
• Don't Blame Testosterone for Aggression - WebMD, 11/11/03
• Aripiprazole Reduces Aggressive Behavior in Children - Medscape, 11/11/03
• Risperidone Reduces Aggression in Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorder - Medscape, 11/3/03
• Quetiapine Holds Promise for Management of Aggressive Psychosis - Doctor's Guide, 11/3/03
• Aggression Less Common in Girls, but Follows Same Arc as Boys When Present - Clinical Psychiatry News Online, 11/03
• Antipsychotics Effective for Elderly Patients With Dementia - Psychiatric News, 4/18/03
• Seroquel Reduces Aggression And Is Well Tolerated - Doctor's Guide, 3/16/98