How Come They're Happy and I'm Not?:

The Complete Natural Program for Healing Depression for Good

Amazon $11.32 paper, $9.99 Kindle

Published Nov 1 2012, 256 pages

Vitamin D is mentioned 26 times

Vitamin D Life noticed the book on Amazon, but has not purchased it.

See also Vitamin D Life

• All items in category Winter Blues/Depression and Vitamin D items

• Depression 50 % more likely if low vitamin D in early pregnancy – Aug 2012

• Psychosis in dark skinned people 3.5 X higher if low level of vitamin D – May 2012

• Less than 20 ng vitamin D increases depression by 80 percent – Dec 2010

• Pregnant blacks 50 % more likely to be depressed if 3 ng less vitamin D – July 2012

• High levels of vitamin D associated with somewhat less depression – Mayo Nov 2011

• Depression 40 % more likely if low vitamin D – Oct 2011

• 36 % less depression when have high level of vitamin D – July 2011

• Depressed people had less than 10 ng of vitamin D – July 2010

• Teens no longer depressed after vitamin D raised to 36 ng – Feb 2012

  • The teen study used a loading dose for 1 month, and got great results in just 3 months

• Overview Cognition and vitamin D for seniors

• Mental Illness and Vitamin D

• Depression in UAE peaks in the summer – probably due to sun avoidance – Feb 2011

• Hypothesis: Some Mental Illness due to low vitamin D

• Much less depression if higher than 43 ng of vitamin D – Oct 2012

See also web

• Clinical Trials for Depression with vitamin D intervention 20 INTERVENTION trials listed as of Oct 2012