Role of Vitamin D in schizophrenia in elderly patient

• Main Authors: Javed Ather Siddiqui, Shazia Farheen Qureshi, Yousef Bin Ahmed Shawosh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
• Series: Journal of Geriatric Mental Health
• Subjects: Neurosteroid; schizophrenia; sunshine vitamin; Vitamin D
• Online Access: http://www.jgmh.org/article.asp?issn=2348-9995;year=2018;volume=5;issue=1;spage=65;epage=67;aulast=Siddiqui

Vitamin D deficiency is common in the patient with mental illness such as schizophrenia; several environmental risk factors for schizophrenia, such as season of birth, latitude, and migration, have been linked to Vitamin D deficiency. Recent studies have suggested a potential role of Vitamin D in the development of schizophrenia, for example, neonatal Vitamin D status is associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia in later life. Here, we report a case of Vitamin D deficiency presenting with schizophrenia. Vitamin D supplementation is promising treatment strategy to prevent relapse to improve psychotic symptoms, and physical health in patients with schizophrenia should be further explored in future studies.