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Source: Depression and Anxiety - June 8, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Prediction of treatment outcomes to exercise in patients with nonremitted major depressive disorder
ConclusionsResults indicate feasibility in identifying patients who will either remit or not respond to exercise as a treatment for MDD utilizing a clinical decision model that incorporates multiple patient characteristics. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chad D. Rethorst, Charles C. South, A. John Rush, Tracy L. Greer, Madhukar H. Trivedi Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Transdiagnostic emotional vulnerabilities linking obsessive ‐compulsive and depressive symptoms in a community‐based sample of adolescents
ConclusionsDistress tolerance, anxiety sensitivity, and anhedonia may be unique mechanisms accounting for comorbidity between OCD and MDD symptoms in youth. Longitudinal evaluation of these candidate transdiagnostic emotional vulnerabilities in adolescent OCD‐MDD comorbidity is warranted. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gregory S. Chasson, Mariel S. Bello, Alexandria M. Luxon, Trevor A. A. Graham, Adam M. Leventhal Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Atypical depression and double depression predict new ‐onset cardiovascular disease in U.S. adults
CONCLUSIONSAdults with atypical MDD or double depression may be subgroups of the depressed population at particularly high risk of new‐onset CVD. Thus, these subgroups may (a) be driving the overall depression–CVD relationship and (b) be in need of earlier and/or more intense CVD primary prevention efforts to reduce their excess CVD burden. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Stephanie M. Case, Manisha Sawhney, Jesse C. Stewart Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Is cannabis treatment for anxiety, mood, and related disorders ready for prime time?
Anxiety and related disorders are the most common mental conditions affecting the North American population. Despite their established efficacy, first‐line antidepressant treatments are associated with significant side effects, leading many afflicted individuals to seek alternative treatments. Cannabis is commonly viewed as a natural alternative for a variety of medical and mental health conditions. Currently, anxiety ranks among the top five medical symptoms for which North Americans report using medical marijuana. However, upon careful review of the extant treatment literature, the anxiolytic effects of cannabis in cli...
Source: Depression and Anxiety - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jasmine Turna, Beth Patterson, Michael Ameringen Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Maternal depression and bullying victimization among adolescents: Results from the 2004 Pelotas cohort study
ConclusionsOur results strengthen the evidence of association between maternal depression and offspring bullying victimization, and physical victimization appears to be the main component. Further studies are warranted to confirm our findings and to elucidate the theoretical pathways for this longitudinal association. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Catarina Machado Azeredo, In á S. Santos, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Fernando C. Barros, Alicia Matijasevich Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Are there sensitive periods when child maltreatment substantially elevates suicide risk? Results from a nationally representative sample of adolescents
ConclusionsExposure to child maltreatment is strongly associated with the risk for adolescent suicidal behaviors, though this association did not vary based on the timing of first exposure. These findings suggest that prevention efforts should be implemented throughout early development and target all children, regardless of when they were first exposed. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Stephanie H. Gomez, Jenny Tse, Yan Wang, Brianna Turner, Alexander J. Millner, Matthew K. Nock, Erin C. Dunn Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The efficacy of benzodiazepines as acute anxiolytics in children: A meta ‐analysis
ConclusionsBenzodiazepines are effective and well‐tolerated when used as short‐term anxiolytics in procedural settings for pediatric patients. Further research is needed to determine whether benzodiazepines are effective in pediatric anxiety disorders. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heide Kuang, Jessica A. Johnson, Jilian M. Mulqueen, Michael H. Bloch Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Ecological momentary interventions for depression and anxiety
Ecological momentary interventions (EMIs) are becoming more popular and more powerful resources for the treatment and prevention of depression and anxiety due to advances in technological capacity and analytic sophistication. Previous work has demonstrated that EMIs can be effective at reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety as well as related outcomes of stress and at increasing positive psychological functioning. In this review, we highlight the differences between EMIs and other forms of treatment due to the nature of EMIs to be deeply integrated into the fabric of people's day‐to‐day lives. EMIs require unique ...
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Stephen M. Schueller, Adrian Aguilera, David C. Mohr Tags: THEORETICAL REVIEW Source Type: research
Low physical activity as a key differentiating factor in the potential high ‐risk profile for depressive symptoms in older adults
ConclusionsThe present study provided a potential high‐risk profile for depressive symptoms among elderly community‐dwelling individuals, which included low levels functional performance combined with low levels of PA. Including PA in medical screening of the elderly may aid in identification of potential high‐risk individuals for depressive symptoms. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sofie Holmquist, Sabina Mattsson, Ingrid Schele, Peter Nordstr öm, Anna Nordström Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
New directions for the treatment of depression: Targeting the photic regulation of arousal and mood (PRAM) pathway
Both preclinical and clinical studies demonstrate that depression is strongly associated with reduced light availability, which in turn contributes to decreased function of brain regions that control mood. Here, we review findings that support a critical pathway for the control of mood that depends upon ambient light. We put forward a novel hypothesis, functionally linking retina to locus coeruleus (LC) in depression, and discuss the role of norepinephrine in affective disease. Finally, we discuss how utilizing the chemogenetic tool Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) to precisely control t...
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hannah E. Bowrey, Morgan H. James, Gary Aston ‐Jones Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Fear learning alterations after traumatic brain injury and their role in development of posttraumatic stress symptoms
ConclusionsDeployment TBI, and multiple‐hit TBI in particular, are associated with increases in conditioned fear learning and expression that may contribute to risk for developing PTSD symptoms. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daniel E. Glenn, Dean T. Acheson, Mark A. Geyer, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Dewleen G. Baker, Victoria B. Risbrough, Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The role of family history of depression and the menopausal transition in the development of major depression in midlife women: Study of women's health across the nation mental health study (SWAN MHS)
ConclusionsFamily history of depression predicts major depression in midlife women independent of the menopausal transition and other time‐varying covariates. Notably, the menopausal transition was associated with increased risk only among women without a family history of depression. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alicia Colvin, Gale A. Richardson, Jill M. Cyranowski, Ada Youk, Joyce T. Bromberger Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Nicotine deprivation attenuates panic reactivity in smokers: Findings from a placebo ‐controlled nicotine patch study
ConclusionsIn smokers without a history of PD, nicotine deprivation attenuates subjective panic reactivity. Possible explanations for the contrast between theory and laboratory findings as well as clinical implications are discussed. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kenneth Abrams, Sam Krimmel, Stacey Johnson, Kate Cieslowski, Helen Strnad, Arielle Melum, Caroline Kryder Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Maternal choline status during pregnancy, but not that of betaine, is related to antenatal mental well ‐being: The growing up in Singapore toward healthy outcomes cohort
ConclusionThis study suggests that higher maternal plasma choline status during pregnancy is associated with more symptoms of antenatal depression and anxiety, whereas plasma betaine concentrations showed no associations. No associations were observed for postnatal mental well‐being. Prospective studies are required to replicate these findings and further examine the direction of causality and possible biological mechanisms. (Source: Depression and Anxiety)
Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Linde Lee, Phaik Ling Quah, Seang Mei Saw, Fabian K. P. Yap, Keith M. Godfrey, Yap Seng Chong, Michael J Meaney, Helen Chen, Mary Foong ‐Fong Chong Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
