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title: "Psych News Alert: Vitamin D Levels Linked to Depression Risk"
description: Researchers have identified a relationship between vitamin D levels and an individual's risk of depression. The finding comes from a fou...
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# [Psych News Alert: Vitamin D Levels Linked to Depression Risk](https://alert.psychnews.org/2012/01/vitamin-d-levels-linked-to-depression.html)

 Written by [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) | 1/17/12 5:00 AM

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Researchers have identified a relationship between vitamin D levels and an individual's risk of depression. The finding comes from a four-year cross-sectional study of more than 12,000 participants conducted by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, who reported their findings in the *Mayo Clinic Proceedings*. Depression was assessed with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Data pointed to a decreased risk of current depression in those with the highest vitamin D levels. The association was strongest in subjects with a history of depression. The researchers urge assessment of vitamin D levels in primary care patients who have a history of depression.

Depression isn't the only mental illness associated with vitamin D levels.* Psychiatric News* has reported on a link between vitamin D levels in newborns and risk of developing schizophrenia. Click [here](http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=113799) to read that article.

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