Vitamin D and mental health in children and adolescents

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1043-1066

  Föcker, Manuel ^a   Antel, Jochen ^a   Ring, Stefanie ^a   Hahn, Denise ^a   Kanal, Özlem ^a   Öztürk, Dana ^a   Hebebrand, Johannes ^a   Libuda, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; ADHD; Autism; Depression; Mental health; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85011798271     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-017-0949-3     Document Type: Review

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