Vitamin B12 to Help Combat Mental Illness

Vitamin B12 plays an important role in neurological function, and a deficiency may culminate in mental health symptoms including depression, irritability, dementia and even psychosis.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Vitamin B12 plays an important role in neurological function, and deficiency leads to a number of related changes, including personality disturbances, irritability, depression, dementia and even psychosis

• People with depression and high B12 levels have better responses to treatment

• Vitamin B12 also helps regulate homocysteine levels, and …