Clinical relevance and treatment possibilities of bipolar rapid cycling [PDF]
Bipolar rapid cycling (RC) is defined as 4 or more affective episodes within 1 year. It has been postulated that RC is related to a poor response to lithium, to the same extent as mixed episodes or other atypical symptoms of the illness.
Amann, B.+3 more
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Hiponatremia associada a antidepressivos: uma revisão
RESUMO Objetivo Rever a literatura mais recente sobre a associação entre a hiponatremia e o uso de antidepressivos. Métodos Pesquisa bibliográfica nas bases de dados PubMed e SciELO, com os descritores “antidepressive agents” e “hyponatremia ...
Margarete Costa, Nivaldo Marins
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Treatment of chronic pruritus can be a challenge for clinicians. Several systemic treatments have been suggested to reduce itch, such as gabapentinoids and antidepressants.
Tessa A. Kouwenhoven+2 more
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Solar retinopathy related to antidepressant use in a patient with major depressive disorder: a case report [PDF]
This case report is a unique case of solar retinopathy following antidepressant-induced mydriasis and highlights the need for comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation in patients treated with medications having mydriatic effects.
Eun-Jin Cheon
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Medication exposure and predictors of first mood episode in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a prospective study [PDF]
Objectives: To prospectively investigate whether baseline clinical characteristics and medication exposure predict development of major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder. Methods: Youth aged 9-20 years
Fabiano G. Nery+8 more
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Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Treatment Ranking in Network Meta-Analysis with Application to Comparisons of Antidepressants [PDF]
Network meta-analysis is a powerful tool to synthesize evidence from independent studies and compare multiple treatments simultaneously. A critical task of performing a network meta-analysis is to offer ranks of all available treatment options for a specific disease outcome. Frequently, the estimated treatment rankings are accompanied by a large amount
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Successful Suicide in a Child: Depression-Related or Paroxetine-Induced? [PDF]
Background: Children and adolescents are prone to develop psychiatric problems after stressful life events. These problems need appropriate treatment because of negative consequences like disease-related suicide.
Aghakhani, K+3 more
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Binding of Pramipexole to Extrastriatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors in the Human Brain: A Positron Emission Tomography Study Using 11C-FLB 457 [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to determine the binding sites of pramipexole in extrastriatal dopaminergic regions because its antidepressive effects have been speculated to occur by activating the dopamine D2 receptor subfamily in extrastriatal areas ...
A De Lean+68 more
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Escetamina na Depressão Resistente ao Tratamento: O Caminho para a Remissão [PDF]
Major depressive disorder affects an estimate of 5% of the population with nearly 1‑third of patients failing to achieve remission with conventional pharmacological treatment.
Esteves-Sousa, Daniel+4 more
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Treatments for pregestational chronic conditions during pregnancy: emulating a target trial with a treatment decision design [PDF]
As a solution to methodologic challenges inherent to estimating causal effects of exposures in early pregnancy, we suggest emulating a target trial using a treatment decision design, wherein time zero is centered around clinical landmarks where treatment decisions may occur, such as the date of preconception counseling or prenatal care initiation ...
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