The yield from vitamin D screening among psychiatric inpatients

Extensive information is available concerning the physical health effects of vitamin D deficiency [1,2]. There is less information on the mental health benefits of vitamin D, but there is evidence that mental health patients have high rates of vitamin D deficiency, like the population in general [3 –10]. In view of the above literature, we obtained serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels from a sample of psychiatric inpatients in a Trauma Program specializing in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative disorders, to determine if low vitamin D levels occur in this population.
Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research