Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults admitted to psychiatric hospital
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Re: Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults admitted to psychiatric hospital
#2TL;DR the jury is still out on whether or not you need the D for your mental health.
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#3No comparison to prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the general population?
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#4This is close to the rate of vitamin D deficiency in the general population, e.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21310306
Re: Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults admitted to psychiatric hospital
#5TL;DR the jury is still out on whether or not you need the D for your mental health.
Not really. Lots of research links lack of Vitamin D* to schizophrenia.
*- I assume you meant Cholecalciferol (Vit. D3) with "D". If not, please go back to Reddit.
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#6so you’d expect to see fewer cases the further south go. I wonder how that holds up?
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#7Something worth noting is that many mental illnesses cause symptoms (lack of motivation, social anxiety, fear of leaving the house, etc.) that make people less likely to go outside.
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#8Previous relevant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16771044
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#9> It is unclear why the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency found in this study was higher compared with the general population.
There are relatively large number of studies linking vitamin D deficiency and mental illness. This is not the best study to use as point of discussion.
I'm sure there are review articles.
edit: like this: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-...
and this: https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/99/10/3863/2836573
TL;DR: There is a link but randomized trials are needed to find the causal link.
Re: Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults admitted to psychiatric hospital
#10No comparison to prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the general population?
They had to rush to publish their paper?