title: [Can I have some sunshine to cheer me up? vitamin D deficiency and depression in the elderly].
abstract: Vitamin D deficiency is very common in the elderly, and the geriatric patient is probably at even greater risk. Vitamin D plays an important role in calcium homeostasis; recent studies point to a possible causal link between vitamin D deficiency and the development and severity of depression. In this article we focus on an 80-year-old patient with depression and severe vitamin D deficiency and give advice on the diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency. To supplement the current multidisciplinary guidelines on depression, we recommend routine testing of serum vitamin D level prior to confirming the diagnosis of depression in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Arts in Opleiding tot kliniksch Geriater bij Pro Persona, Braamberg, Afdeling Ouderen, Arnhem. sstalpers@rijnstate.nl
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Stalpers-Konijnenburg
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Marijnissen
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Gaasbeek
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Oude Voshaar
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D013472:Sunlight; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014815:Vitamins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins; D014807:Vitamin D