 This study found that a dietary improvement program can be effective in treating major depressive episodes. The program involved seven individual nutrition consultation sessions with a clinical dietitian over a period of 12 weeks. The control group received a social support protocol with the same visit schedule and length. The dietary support group showed significant improvements in depression symptoms compared to the control group, as measured by the Montgomery aspect depression rating scale, MADRS. Remission, defined as a MADRS score below 10, was achieved for 32.3% of participants in the dietary support group and 8% of participants in the control group. This suggests that dietary improvement may be an effective and accessible treatment strategy for managing major depressive episodes. This article was authored by Felice N. Jaca, Adriano Neal, Rochelle Opie and others.