Vitamin D concentration and psychotic disorder: associations with disease status, clinical variables and urbanicity.

CONCLUSIONS: Lower vitamin D levels in patients with psychotic disorder may in part reflect the effect of psychosis risk mediated by early environmental adversity. The data also suggest that lower vitamin D and psychopathology may be related through direct or indirect mechanisms.
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Source: Psychological Medicine - July 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: van der Leeuw C, de Witte LD, Stellinga A, van der Ley C, Bruggeman R, Kahn RS, van Os J, Marcelis M, for G.R.O.U.P. Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research