Toward Holistic Psychiatry: Saffron, SSRIs, and the Future of Natural Mental Health Interventions

Affiliations

¹ Department of Islamic Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Islam Negeri Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung, Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia; Department of Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
² Department of Guidance and Counseling, Universitas Islam Kalimantan Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari Banjarmasin, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
³ Department of Guidance and Counseling, Universitas Mulawarman, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
⁴ Department of Islamic Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
⁵ Department of Islamic Guidance & Counseling, Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Kediri, Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.
⁶ Department of Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
⁷ Department of Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Palangkaraya, Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
⁸ Department of English Language Education, IAIN Kediri, Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.

Editorial

Wikan Galuh Widyarto et al. Nutr Rev. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 10:nuaf180.

doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaf180. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Islamic Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Islam Negeri Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung, Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia; Department of Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
² Department of Guidance and Counseling, Universitas Islam Kalimantan Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari Banjarmasin, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
³ Department of Guidance and Counseling, Universitas Mulawarman, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
⁴ Department of Islamic Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
⁵ Department of Islamic Guidance & Counseling, Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Kediri, Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.
⁶ Department of Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
⁷ Department of Guidance & Counseling, Universitas Palangkaraya, Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
⁸ Department of English Language Education, IAIN Kediri, Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.

No abstract available

Keywords: anxiety; depression; integrative treatment; nutritional psychiatry; saffron.

Comment on

Effect of Saffron Versus Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Shafiee A, Jafarabady K, Seighali N, Mohammadi I, Rajai Firouz Abadi S, Abhari FS, Bakhtiyari M. Shafiee A, et al. Nutr Rev. 2025 Mar 1;83(3):e751-e761. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae076. Nutr Rev. 2025. PMID: 38913392