Bipolar mood disorder and treatment-resistant depression [PDF]
Two lines of evidence point to the relationship between bipolar mood disorder and treatment-resistant depression. First, the frequency of suboptimal response to antidepressant drugs is significantly higher in bipolar than in unipolar mood disorder. Secondly, the first and the second generation mood stabilizing drugs are efficacious for augmentation of ...
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Characterizing Treatment-Resistant Anorexia Nervosa
Background: The issue of treatment resistance in eating disorder care is controversial. Prior research has identified multiple failed treatment attempts as a common criterion for severe and enduring anorexia nervosa, but little is known about patients ...
Sarah Smith +2 more
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The impact of high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on fine motor function in medication resistant major depression [PDF]
<b><i>Objectives:</i></b> Although high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (HF-rTMS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been reported to improve mood symptoms in major depressive disorder (
Baeken, Chris +3 more
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Background The impact of treatment‐resistant depression (TRD) or prior suicidal ideation/suicide attempt (SI/SA) on mortality by suicide among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) is not well known. This retrospective, observational, descriptive
David M. Kern +7 more
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Telomere length as a predictor of response to Pioglitazone in patients with unremitted depression: a preliminary study. [PDF]
We studied peripheral leukocyte telomere length (LTL) as a predictor of antidepressant response to PPAR-γ agonist in patients with unremitted depression.
Blackburn, E +4 more
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Treatment Resistant Bipolar Disorder [PDF]
Many patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder respond incompletely or unsatisfactorily to available treatments. Defining refractoriness in bipolar disorder is a complex issue and should concern and include either every phase and pole or the disorder as a
Elvan Ozalp, Ersin Hatice Karslioglu
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Population scale data reveals the antidepressant effects of ketamine and other therapeutics approved for non-psychiatric indications. [PDF]
Current therapeutic approaches to depression fail for millions of patients due to lag in clinical response and non-adherence. Here we provide new support for the antidepressant effect of an anesthetic drug, ketamine, by Inverse-Frequency Analysis of ...
Abagyan, Ruben +3 more
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There is a growing evidence for the rapid and robust antidepressive effect of ketamine in unipolar and bipolar treatment resistant depression although evidence for the risk of affective switch is still limited.
Alina Wilkowska +7 more
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Evaluating metabolites in patients with major depressive disorder who received mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and healthy controls using short echo MRSI at 7 Tesla. [PDF]
ObjectivesOur aim was to evaluate differences in metabolite levels between unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and healthy controls, to assess changes in metabolites in patients after they completed an 8-week course of mindfulness ...
Eisendrath, Stuart +6 more
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Neuroactive steroids in depression and anxiety disorders: Clinical studies [PDF]
Certain neuroactive steroids modulate ligand-gated ion channels via non-genomic mechanisms. Especially 3 alpha-reduced pregnane steroids are potent positive allosteric modulators of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor.
Akwa Y +79 more
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