Vitamin D and depression: where is all the sunshine?
Vitamin D and depression: where is all the sunshine?
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DOI：
10.3109/01612840903437657
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发表时间：
2010-06
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Estwing Ferrans C
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作者：
Penckofer S;Kouba J;Byrn M;Estwing Ferrans C
抑郁症本身就是一种致残性疾病，会损害人体功能的各个方面。在患有慢性疾病的人中，抑郁症往往使慢性疾病的管理更加困难。最近，维生素D在科学和非专业新闻界被报道为一个重要因素，可能在预防和治疗许多慢性疾病方面具有显着的健康益处。这个国家的大多数人都缺乏维生素D。抑郁症患者和其他精神障碍患者也是如此。这是否是由于饮食摄入不足，生活方式（例如，很少户外暴露于阳光）或其他因素。此外，风险群体和建议治疗维生素D水平不足的问题也得到了解决。有效检测和治疗抑郁症和其他精神障碍患者的维生素D水平不足可能是一种简单且具有成本效益的治疗方法，可以改善患者的长期健康状况以及生活质量。
Depression in its own right is a disabling condition impairing all aspects of human function. In persons with a chronic medical disease, depression often makes the management of chronic illness more difficult. Recently, vitamin D has been reported in the scientific and lay press as an important factor that may have significant health benefits in the prevention and the treatment of many chronic illnesses. Most individuals in this country have insufficient levels of vitamin D. This is also true for persons with depression as well as other mental disorders. Whether this is due to insufficient dietary intake, lifestyle (e.g., little outdoor exposure to sunshine), or other factors is addressed in this paper. In addition, groups at risk and suggested treatment for inadequate vitamin D levels are addressed. Effective detection and treatment of inadequate vitamin D levels in persons with depression and other mental disorders may be an easy and cost-effective therapy which could improve patients’ long-term health outcomes as well as their quality of life.