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Organic acids testing is diagnostic tool that every healthcare practitioner should know about.  Whether you are a family practitioner, psychiatrist, a nutritionist, or other type of practitioner, the information provided by organic acids testing can help identify underlying contributors of a variety of chronic illnesses, including the symptoms of autism, neuropsychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety, and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.  Below is a review of some of the most clinically significant markers measured with organic acids testing to mental health and the health of the brain in general. 

Many of the case studies reviewed in presentations about organic acids testing involve patients with autism.  While autism may not typically be considered a mental health disorder, it is a neurodevelopmental disorder and many autistic individuals suffer with mental symptoms such as anxiety and depression, along with associated behavioral problems. Many patients with autism also have mitochondrial dysfunction and chronic infections (like Candida and clostridia), which are measured with organic acids testing.1

Mitochondria are linked to every organ system in the body, including the brain, and there markers for mitochondrial function in organic acids testing.