Pfeiffer Treatment Center

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The Pfeiffer Treatment Center in is a clinic devoted to orthomolecular psychiatry and medical research particularly pertaining to autism and behavioral disorders.

Contents 1 About the Center 2 Publications 3 The Pfeiffer Treatment Center in the Media 4 References

[edit] About the Center

The Pfeiffer Treatment Center - Human Research Institute is located in Warrenville, Illinois, and is dedicated to two main purposes, affording patients in need of it access to treatment as suggested by an orthomolecular understanding of psychiatry, and engaging in medical research. Its focus in research has mainly been on the bio-neurological causes of violence and delinquency and autism.

Named in honor of Carl Pfeiffer, a physician who contributed greatly to orthomolecular medicine, the center is a Not-for-Profit 501c3.^[1] and has a fund that helps to make its therapies available to the indigent.^[2] A further endeavor is training physicians overseas.^[3] A member of its staff is the chairman emeritus of the department of psychiatry at Loyola University Chicago's medical school.^[4]

William J. Walsh PhD, its chief scientist, recently made headlines by proving that Ludwig van Beethoven died of lead poisoning.^[5] Dr. Walsh is also known for his research into the neurobiology of delinquent and criminal behavior.^[6][7]

[edit] Publications

• Yao Y, ; Walsh WJ, McGinnis WR, Praticò D , Altered Vascular Phenotype in Autism Correlation With Oxidative Stress, Arch Neurol. 2006;63:1161-1164

• W Walsh, A Usman Metal metabolism and autism - American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, 2001
• Bibliography for Behavior Disorders
• Bibliography for Depression
• Bibliography for Aggressive and Violent Behavior

[edit] The Pfeiffer Treatment Center in the Media

• Mark Skertic, For some, a question of balancing nutrients, Chicago Sun-Times, Apr 21, 2002

[edit] References