Background Treatment of bipolar disorder (BD) usually requires drug combinations. Combinations of lithium plus valproic acid (Li/VPA) and lithium plus carbamazepine (Li/CBZ) are used in clinical practice but were not previously compared in a head-to-head
Giovani Missio+6 more
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Inflammation causes mood changes through alterations in subgenual cingulate activity and mesolimbic connectivity [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory cytokines are implicated in the pathophysiology of depression. In rodents, systemically administered inflammatory cytokines induce depression-like behavior.
Anand+48 more
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Food and Mood: Exploring the determinants of food choices and the effects of food consumption on mood among women in Inner London. [PDF]
Introduction: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between food and mood against the backdrop of increased mental health and nutrition cognizance within public health and scientific discourses.
Keith, R.+5 more
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ObjectivesConventional biochemical indexes may have predictive values in clinical identification between bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).MethodsThis study included 2,470 (BD/MDD = 1,333/1,137) hospitalized patients in Shanghai ...
Yuncheng Zhu+11 more
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Emotion word processing: does mood make a difference? [PDF]
Visual emotion word processing has been in the focus of recent psycholinguistic research. In general, emotion words provoke differential responses in comparison to neutral words.
Bo eYao+5 more
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Sulphur Mustard Poisoning and Its Complications in Iranian Veterans [PDF]
Sulphur mustard is a chemical warfare agent, which was largelyused during the World War One and in Iraq-Iran conflict. It mayalso be used as a chemical terrorism agent.
Beeta Balali-Mood, Mahdi Balali-Mood
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Undiagnosed mood disorders and sleep disturbances in primary care patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. [PDF]
Objective. The study aims to determine the prevalence of undiagnosed comorbid mood disorders in patients suffering chronic musculoskeletal pain in a primary care setting and to identify sleep disturbances and other associated factors in these ...
Alejandro Salazar+11 more
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Brief Mood Introspection Scale (BMIS): Scoring Instructions [PDF]
The BMIS scale is an open-source mood scale consisting of 16 mood-adjectives to which a person responds (e.g., Are you happy ?). The scale can yield measures of overall pleasant-unpleasant mood, arousal-calm mood, and it also can be scored according to ...
Mayer, John D.
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Newly diagnosed heart failure: change in quality of life, mood, and illness beliefs in the first 6 months after diagnosis [PDF]
Objectives. This study sought to examine how patients’ mood and quality of life (QoL) change during the early high-risk period after a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) and to identify factors that may influence change. Design.
Astin+34 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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