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 1/17/12 12:00 AM

# Vitamin D Levels Linked to Depression Risk

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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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