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Nutritional Biochemistry and Behavioral Disabilities

Diana H. Fishbein received her PhD inpsychobiological criminologv from Florida State University. In 1981 she was awardeda fellowship by the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on the effects of nutritional constituents, toxins, and neurotransmitter precursors at the Universiry of Maryland School of Medicine, Applied Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Fishbein has been an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Baltimore for sir years and recently became a staff scientist at the Nationaltnstituteon Drug Abuse. Addiction Research Center. Her primary research andclinical interests include the determination oforganic and physiological sources of behavioral andpsy-chiatric disorders. Address: Diana Fishbein, PhD, NIDA-Addiction Research Center, PO Box 5180. Francis Scott Key Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.

Jerzy Meduski

Jerzy Meduski is a research professor at the Universiry of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. He received his medical degreefrom the Warsaw University School of Medicine in 1946 and his doctorate in biochemistry from the Universiry of Lodz, School of Math and Natuml Sciences in 1951. Dr. Meduski primary research interests include the study of biochemical actions and reactions in orgon systems and the human body with particular emphasis on their behavioral effects.

Recent advances in the field of nutrition have direct application to the field of learning disabilities. The nutritional sciences have been neglected by both social scientists and medical professionals because such study requires knowledge of tremendously complex biochemical interactions and effects. Our understanding of neurochemistry has increased exponentially in the past several years, and the significant relationship between diet and brain function has become widely recognized. Pertinent findings in nutrition that are of interest to scientists and practitioners dealing with human behavior include information relating dietary constituents to brain function. Excesses and/or deficiencies in certain dietary components contribute to the functioning of the central nervous system and therefore have direct effects on behavior. This paper discusses these mechanisms as they pertain to learning disabilities and antisocial behaviors, as well as nutritional modes of managing and treating such behaviors.

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