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Psychotic Features Abated with Vitamin D Treatment in a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder

INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D deficiency is common in psychiatric populations, and vitamin D has been used as an add-on medication in major depressive disorder. Case Report. Here, we present the case of a 49-year-old man diagnosed with major depressive disorder, severe, with psychotic features, who was tr...

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Autores principales: Fipps, David C., Rainey, Elisabet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32637180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2046403
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description INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D deficiency is common in psychiatric populations, and vitamin D has been used as an add-on medication in major depressive disorder. Case Report. Here, we present the case of a 49-year-old man diagnosed with major depressive disorder, severe, with psychotic features, who was treated with antidepressants and underwent multiple antipsychotic trials. The patient was found to have low serum levels of vitamin D. During treatment with vitamin D, serum levels normalized and the patient's psychotic symptoms abated. CONCLUSION: Ensuring adequate vitamin D levels could be a method of focus for the augmentation or treatment of psychotic features in major depressive disorder.
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spelling pubmed-73225802020-07-06 Psychotic Features Abated with Vitamin D Treatment in a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder Fipps, David C. Rainey, Elisabet Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D deficiency is common in psychiatric populations, and vitamin D has been used as an add-on medication in major depressive disorder. Case Report. Here, we present the case of a 49-year-old man diagnosed with major depressive disorder, severe, with psychotic features, who was treated with antidepressants and underwent multiple antipsychotic trials. The patient was found to have low serum levels of vitamin D. During treatment with vitamin D, serum levels normalized and the patient's psychotic symptoms abated. CONCLUSION: Ensuring adequate vitamin D levels could be a method of focus for the augmentation or treatment of psychotic features in major depressive disorder. Hindawi 2020-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7322580/ /pubmed/32637180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2046403 Text en Copyright © 2020 David C. Fipps and Elisabet Rainey. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Psychotic Features Abated with Vitamin D Treatment in a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder
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title_short Psychotic Features Abated with Vitamin D Treatment in a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder
title_sort psychotic features abated with vitamin d treatment in a patient with major depressive disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322580/
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