The Vitamin Series: Iron Deficiency in Psychiatry

About this episode

This episode discusses the role of iron deficiency in psychiatry and reviews recent research on the topic.

Welcome back! Today we are embarking into the first of hopefully several episodes on the importance of vitamins and minerals in mental health. We will specifically be looking at the role of iron deficiency in psychiatry and do an overview on some of the recent research that's been published. References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557376/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268960X25000827#bb0165 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2823909 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945717315599 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40841680/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1677067/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00463-7/fulltext https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6139360/

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Tanner Hewitt, Dr. Larry Wang, Dr. Bradley Miller

Topics covered

• iron deficiency
• mental health
• vitamins and minerals
• psychiatry
• recent research

Keywords

• iron deficiency
• psychiatry
• mental health
• vitamins
• minerals
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NCBI, ScienceDirect, JAMA Network, The Lancet, PMC

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