Temperament traits and remission of depression: a naturalistic six-month longitudinal study
Cloninger (1986; 1987) put forth a biosocial theory of personality, consisting of heritable personality traits and their neurobiological bases, and proposed that the phenotypical structure of personality observed in a particular individual reflects an underlying genetic structure; both structures could change in interaction with the environment within a model including neuroanatomical and neurophysiological concepts that explain behavioral tendencies, learning styles and mechanisms of adjustment (Cloninger, 1991). (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 17, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: David Gurpegui, Felipe Ortu ño, Manuel Gurpegui Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Cardiovascular comorbidity increases the risk for renal failure during prophylactic lithium treatment
Lithium enjoys the strongest evidence among today ´s mood stabilisers for long-term relapse prevention of bipolar disorders and has been shown to reduce the risk of suicide. However, the benefits of lithium are restricted by its adverse side effects, the most serious being the progression of renal insufficiency to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) wi th need for renal replacement therapy (RRT, i.e. dialysis and renal transplantation). (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 17, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Harald Aiff, Per-Ola Attman, Bernd Ramsauer, Staffan Sch ön, Jan Svedlund Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Handgrip strength and depression among 34,129 adults aged 50 years and older in six low- and middle-income countries
Depression is an important public health problem, particularly among older adults in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) (Guerra et al., 2016a) where a demographic transition, with an increasing number of older people, is rapidly occurring (Christensen et al., 2009). Not only does depression carry an immense mental health burden, but those with depressive disorders are also at a higher risk for various physical health co -morbidities such as hearing problems, arthritis and angina, among others (Stubbs et al., 2017a; Stubbs et al., 2017b; Vancampfort et al., 2016; Vancampfort et al., 2014; Vancampfort et al....
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 17, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Garcia Ashdown-Franks, Brendon Stubbs, Ai Koyanagi, Felipe Schuch, Joseph Firth, Nicola Veronese, Davy Vancampfort Source Type: research
Maternal Pre- and Postnatal Anxiety Symptoms and Infant Attention Disengagement from Emotional Faces
Around 15-30% of women report symptoms of anxiety at some stages during pregnancy or early postpartum period (Fairbrother, Janssen, Antony, Tucker,& Young, 2016; Leach, Poyser,& Fairweather-Schmidt, 2017). Maternal prenatal anxiety, often conceptualized under the umbrella term “prenatal distress” referring to an adverse situation yielding emotional and/bodily responses in a pregnant mother, is a risk factor for adverse child neurodevelopment, increasing the probability of neurocognitive, behavioral and emotional problems later in life (Doyle& Cicchetti, 2018; Glover, 2014; Huizink& De Rooij, 2018; Van den Bergh et al...
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 17, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Eeva-Leena Kataja, Linnea Karlsson, Christine E. Parsons, Juho Pelto, Henri Pesonen, Tuomo H äikiö, Jukka Hyönä, Saara Nolvi, Riikka Korja, Hasse Karlsson Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Gender Inequality and Suicide Gender Ratios in the World
It is well known that in most parts of the world, suicide rates in men are generally higher than in women (World Health Organization, 2017a). According to the global suicide report from the World Health Organization, the estimated overall male to female suicide rate ratio was 1.9 in 2012 (male:15.0 per 100,000; female: 8.0 per 100,000). In high-income countries however, the male to female ratio of age-standardized suicide rate was 3.5 (male:19.9 per 100,000; female: 5.7 per 100,000), whereas in low- and middle-income countries, the male-to-female ratio was 1.57 (male: 13.7 per 100,000, female: 8.7 per 100,000). (Source: Jo...
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 17, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Qingsong Chang, Paul S.F. Yip, Ying-Yeh Chen Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Temperament and self-esteem in high-risk offspring of bipolar parents: Vulnerability and scar effects
Psychological factors such as temperamental characteristics and self-esteem have long been associated with major mood disorders (Zaninotto et al., 2016, Sowislo and Orth, 2013), and proposed as potentially suitable early intervention and prevention targets (Van Zoonen et al., 2014). Yet, research into the temporal relationship of these associations has been equivocal, raising question as to the whether these factors were vulnerability indicators or consequences related to prior mood disorder or both. (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 17, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Sarah Margaret Goodday, Martin Preisig, Mehdi Gholamrezaee, Paul Grof, Anne Duffy Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Biased neurocognitive self-perception in depression – What is the reason for the discrepancy? Reply to Dehn & Beblo (2018)
We thank Dehn and Beblo (2018) for their interest and knowledgeable comments on our recent study and for taking the time to express additional study results and conclusions. (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Christine Schwert, Maren Stohrer, Steffen Aschenbrenner, Matthias Weisbrod, Annette Schr öder Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Biased neurocognitive self-perception in depression - What is the reason for the discrepancy? Reply to Dehn & Beblo (2018)
We thank Dehn and Beblo (2018) for their interest and knowledgeable comments on our recent study and for taking the time to express additional study results and conclusions. (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Christine Schwert Source Type: research
The prevalence of moderate-to-high posttraumatic growth: A systematic review and meta-analysis
A traumatic event is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as the exposure to actual or threatened death, severe trauma or sexual violence in one (or more) ways: (1) directly experiencing a traumatic event; (2) witnessing the occurrence of another person traumatic events; (3) learned that intimate family members or close friends have experienced traumatic events; (4) repeated experience or extreme exposure to traumatic events, such as police repeated contact with child abuse details. (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Xiaoli Wu, Atipatsa C Kaminga, Wenjie Dai, Jing Deng, Zhipeng Wang, Xiongfeng Pan, Aizhong Liu Source Type: research
The impact of binge eating behavior on lithium- and quetiapine-associated changes in body weight, body mass index, and waist circumference during 6 months of treatment: Findings from the Bipolar CHOICE study
Well-conducted randomized trials have established or supported the efficacy of lithium, a classic mood stabilizer, and quetiapine, a commonly-prescribed atypical antipsychotic drug, for the long-term treatment of adults with bipolar I or II disorder (Vieta et al. 2011; Geddes JR et al. 2004; Geddes and Miklowitz, 2013). However, they are also associated with increases in body weight (Dent 2012), and their effects on anthropometric measures (e.g., body weight, body mass index [BMI], and waist circumference) have seldom been directly compared beyond 8 w eeks of treatment (Bowden et al. (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Satyanarayana R. Yaramala, Susan L. McElroy, Jennifer Geske, Stacey Winham, Keming Gao, Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Terence A. Ketter, Thilo Deckersbach, Gustavo Kinrys, Masoud Kamali, Louisa G. Sylvia, Melvin G. McInnis, Edward S. Friedman, Machael E. T Source Type: research
Measurement equivalence of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and Social Phobia Scale (SPS) across individuals with social anxiety disorder from Japanese and Australian sociocultural contexts
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Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Quincy J.J. Wong, Junwen Chen, Bree Gregory, Andrew J. Baillie, Toshihiko Nagata, Toshiaki A. Furukawa, Hisanobu Kaiya, Lorna Peters, Ronald M. Rapee Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Suicide Deaths by Gas Inhalation in Toronto: An Observational Study of Emerging Methods of Suicide
A vast body of research shows that the portrayal of suicide in the public sphere, in particular via media reporting, can have a direct impact on the pattern and observed number of suicide deaths in a region (Y.Y. Chen, F. Chen,& Yip, 2011; Etzersdorfer and Sonneck, 1998; Pirkis et al., 2009; Pirkis et al., 2006a, 2006b). One of the most notable modern examples of this social contagion phenomenon, termed the Werther Effect (Phillips, 1974), is the emergence of novel methods of inhalational asphyxia. (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Mark Sinyor, Marissa Williams, Margaret Vincent, Ayal Schaffer, Paul S.F. Yip, David Gunnell Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Identifying and differentiating melancholic depression in a non-clinical sample
Melancholia has been variably viewed dimensionally (i.e. as a more severe expression of clinical depression) or categorically (i.e. as a separate depressive ‘type’), the respective so-called ‘unitary’ and ‘binary’ models. We have argued for the latter (Parker and Hadzi-Pavlovic, 1996) based on melancholia showing (i) a degree of specificity of several symptoms and signs, (ii) a greater relevance of genetic and biological rather than psychoso cial factors, (iii) a selective response to physical treatments rather than to a psychotherapy and (iv) a low placebo response rate. (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Gordon Parker, Gabriela Tavella, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic Tags: Review article Source Type: research
Treatment Effectiveness and Tolerability Outcomes that are Most Important to Individuals with Bipolar and Unipolar Depression
Bipolar and unipolar depression are chronic brain disorders associated with significant functional impairments, morbidity and mortality. As the leading cause of disability, depression affects over 350 million people worldwide, making the identification of effective treatments a global priority (WHO, 2017). Current treatments for bipolar and unipolar depression are often ineffective and poorly tolerated, with high rates of treatment discontinuation, treatment resistance and frequent relapses and recurrences of mood episodes (Gaynes et al., 2009; Grande, Berk, Birmaher,& Vieta, 2016). (Source: Journal of Affective Disorders)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Joshua D. Rosenblat, Gregory E. Simon, Gary S. Sachs, Ingrid Deetz, Allen Doederlein, Denisse DePeralta, Mary Mischka Dean, Roger S. McIntyre Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Cortical biometals: Changed levels in suicide and with mood disorders
Genetic studies indicate common risk genes that contribute to an increased susceptibility to several psychiatric disorders (Consortium, 2013), suggesting there may be some common pathophysiological pathways affected across such disorders. Neuroimaging studies report mutual and differential changes in CNS structures in patients with the bipolar disorders and major depressive disorders (Konarski et al., 2008). Importantly, whilst both bipolar disorders and major depressive disorders are defined by the presence of depressive symptoms, bipolar disorders are ultimately defined by the presentation of manic or hypomanic episodes ...
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Brian Dean, Linh Q. Lam, Elizabeth Scarr, James A. Duce Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
