Vitamin D - a key to reducing the risk of suicide?
Jacek Januszewski,
Alicja Forma,
Kaja Hanna Karakuła
et al.
Abstract:Introduction: Vitamin D has a major positive impact on human health. Its daily supplementation regulates calcium metabolism, inflammatory and neuromodulatory processes. More importantly, vitamin D may be an important factor in reducing the risk of suicide among psychiatric patients. This review aims to describe the potential positive effect of vitamin D supplementation in preventing suicide attempts.
Method: The literature review was conducted by search of articles in English and Polish languages on PubMed, Me… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.