ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2022
Is Vitamin D Important in Anxiety or Depression? What Is the Truth?
Review in Current nutrition reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vitamin D and depression in adults: A systematic review.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Pooled it
- The biological relationship among depression, vitamins BFrontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Is Serum Vitamin D Associated with Depression or Anxiety in Ante- and Postnatal Adult Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Association of a low vitamin D status with risk of post-stroke depression: A meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of vitamin D supplementation on depression and anxiety in young individuals with depression and vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Amelioration of Adults' Mental Health Conditions and Symptoms Through Spiritual Energy Therapy: Randomized Controlled Trial.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2025Trial
- Does Vitamin D3 Supplementation Improve Depression Scores among Rural Adolescents? A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- Vitamin D and Postpartum Depression: A Narrative Review.Clinics and practice · 2026Review
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- From Plate to Mind: Scientific Perspectives on Foods That May Influence Anxiety and Depression.Nutrients · 2026Review
- The relationship between smoking cessation and vitamin D.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Vitamin D Status and Health Indicators in the Malagasy Population: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prolonged social withdrawal (hikikomori) in a small European island state: a case report.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2026Article
- Overexpression of FoxO3a in the dentate gyrus alleviates CUS-induced anxiety- and depression-like behaviors and cognitive impairment.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2026Article
- "Problem of pain": Further questions for the utility of vitamin D for chronic pain after gastrointestinal surgery.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2026Article
- Sex-specific impact of vitamin D and B9 concentrations on neuroticism: a polygenic score-based study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Association of vitamin D deficiency with incident depression in patients with hearing impairment: an observational retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association of vitamin D with depression and anxiety in polycystic ovary syndrome in Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Association between solar radiation and mood disorders among Gulf Coast residents.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- A Study of Nutritional and Sensory Qualities of Pea Protein Isolate Beverages with a View to Their Potential Use in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewDepression and anxiety are mood disorders that affect health and therefore quality of life and increase the global burden of disease. One of the possible mechanisms in the pathophysiology of these mood disorders has been reported as oxidative stress and inflammation. In the light of this information, it is important to determine the relationship between antioxidant nutrients (such as vitamin D) and these diseases. There are points where the brain regions involved in the pathophysiology of depression and anxiety and vitamin D metabolism intersect. RECENT
findingsLow vitamin D levels are associated with increased symptoms of depression and anxiety. For this reason, vitamin D screening should be performed in the prevention and treatment planning of these mood disorders. Vitamin D, which has antioxidant properties and activity in brain tissue, is important for mood disorders preventions or treatments but serum levels must be followed.
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