title: Food sensitivities and psychological disturbance: a review.
abstract: The literature dealing with the relationship between food sensitivities and psychological disturbance is reviewed. Numerous theorists and researchers believe the problems of persons presenting with adverse reactions to foods are psychological when immunological techniques fail to confirm an allergic basis. However, there is mounting evidence that adverse reactions to foods can most likely be caused by a variety of mechanisms, and that food sensitivities may indeed cause or exacerbate symptoms of a psychological nature.
authors.affiliation: Riverside Medical, River Edge, New Jersey 07661.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gettis
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*