Thursday, February 02, 2023

Vitamin D supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of suicide attempts in a large cohort of U.S. veterans, especially in Black veterans and those with pre-existing low vitamin D

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PLOS

The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm 

IMAGE: VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A REDUCED RISK OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN A LARGE COHORT OF U.S. VETERANS. view more 

CREDIT: MICHELE BLACKWELL, UNSPLASH, CC0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/PUBLICDOMAIN/ZERO/1.0/)

Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0279166

Article Title: The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm

Author Countries: USA

Funding: This study was supported, in part, with resources from the Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention. Support for VA/CMS data was provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Health Services Research and Development Service, VA Information Resource Center (Project Numbers SDR 02-237 and 98-004), awarded to authors JG and JL. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government.

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