Volume 14, Issue 33, January - June, 2020

Schizophrenia and Vitamin D deficiency

Shashi K Agarwal

Medical Director, Agarwal Health Center, New Jersey, USA; E-mail: usacardiologist@gmail.com; Mobile Phone: 732-895-3200

ABSTRACT

Vitamin D, a multipurpose steroid hormone, is vital to health. Vitamin D deficiency is present in approximately 30% to 50% of the general population. Its deficiency is now considered a worldwide pandemic. A strong correlation exists between vitamin D deficiency and the pathogenesis of several medical disorders. It is also being increasingly implicated in the pathology of several cognition and mental illness. Scientific data suggests that raising vitamin D levels to normal may help reduce the elevated morbidity and mortality risk associated with this deficiency. This study confirms a possible causal association between vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia.

Keywords: schizophrenia, vitamin D, depression, mental illness

Drug Discovery, 2020, 14(33), 90-96

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