Folate screening pattern at the psychiatric inpatient unit at hmc, qatar-quality improvement project
Folate screening pattern at the psychiatric inpatient unit at hmc, qatar-quality improvement project

Summary/Abstract: Current studies have emphasized the importance of Folate and Its crucial role in basic metabolic processes including methylation, synthesis of DNA and complex cellular interactions, where its deficiency may lead to impaired monoamine metabolism, contributing to a myriad of neuropsychiatric disorders. These have been explored in different studies by Bottiglieri T et al., in patients with depression and dementia. Accumulating evidence shows a link between low folate levels and depression. A study in Finland of middle-aged men found that individuals with low dietary folate intake were more prone to present with depressive symptoms, and in another study with members from the US population detected low folate levels in its depressed subjects. In another study, the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA), Marisa et al., found an association between low folate and depression in their subjects.

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