Background A large number of observational studies have reported harmful effects of low 25-
hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels on non-skeletal outcomes. We performed a systematic …

BackgroundThere is conflicting evidence about the relationship between vitamin D
deficiency and depression, and a systematic assessment of the literature has not been …

Background: Growing evidence points to the role of vitamin D in the pathobiology and
treatment of depression. However, the evidence is inconsistent in many aspects. The …

Objective To examine whether vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency is associated with
depression and whether vitamin D supplementation is an effective treatment for depression …

Increasingly vitamin D deficiency is being associated with a number of psychiatric
conditions. In particular for disorders with a developmental basis, such as autistic spectrum …

Depression is the most common debilitating psychiatric disease, the pathological
mechanisms of which are associated with multiple aspects of neural function. While recent …

AimsTo compare depressive symptoms in participants with low and high serum 25-
hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) levels and to examine whether supplementation with vitamin …

Background Vitamin D receptors have been mapped throughout the brain suggesting a role
for vitamin D in psychosomatic disorders. Results from previous epidemiological studies on …

Meta-analyses of interventional and observational studies investigating the efficacy and the
relationship between vitamin D and depression provided inconsistent results. The current …

While recent laboratory-based studies have substantially advanced our understanding of the
action of vitamin D in the brain, much is still unknown concerning how vitamin D relates to …