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Junk food linked to depression and ADD

By Felicity Lawrence  /  THE GUARDIAN , LONDON

Andrew McCulloch, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, acknowledged that mental illness results from a complex interplay of biological, social, psychological and environmental factors. "It costs ?,000 (US$1,768) a week to keep someone in a psychiatric hospital. How much does good food cost? We need mentally healthy school meals, and mentally healthy hospital foods," he said.

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