Correlation between total vitamin D levels and psychotic psychopathology in patients with schizophrenia: therapeutic implications for add-on vitamin D augmentation

Yuksel R. N., Altunsoy N., Tikir B., Kuluk M. C., ÜNAL K., Goka S., ...Daha Fazla

THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, cilt.4, sa.6, ss.268-275, 2014 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/2045125314553612
  • Dergi Adı: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.268-275
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Schizophrenia, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, psychosis, total vitamin D, 25-OH vitamin D
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is one of the implicated factors in ethio- pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Low serum vitamin D levels have been reported in many schizophrenia studies. However, the question is still not answered: Is there a correlation between disease activity and serum vitamin D levels? This is the first study evaluating the relationship between serum total vitamin D levels and disease activity, by comparing total vitamin D levels in two schizophrenia groups abruptly different in terms of disease activity.