Causal relationship between affect disorders and endometrial cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study by Yewu Sun, Shuo Geng, Chunmeng Fu, Xiaoyan Song, Hua Lin, Yidan Xu

“…Only the effect of major depressive disorder under the inverse variance weighting method increasing the risk of endometrial endometrial cancer (effect 0.004 p = 0.047) and the effect of major depressive disorder under the MR-Egger method decreasing endometrial cancer of all pathology types (effect −0.691 p = 0.015) were statistically significant. …”
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rtfMRI neurofeedback interventions are not cost prohibitive by Kymberly D. Young

“…Evidence is accumulating that real-time fMRI neurofeedback is an effective treatment for various psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD). However, it is often dismissed as too expensive to ever be available clinically. …”
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A Resting-State Brain Functional Network Study in MDD Based on Minimum Spanning Tree Analysis and the Hierarchical Clustering by Xiaowei Li, Zhuang Jing, Bin Hu, Jing Zhu, Ning Zhong, Mi Li, Zhijie Ding, Jing Yang, Lan Zhang, Lei Feng, Dennis Majoe

“…A large number of studies demonstrated that major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by the alterations in brain functional connections which is also identifiable during the brain’s “resting-state.” …”
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Comparison of depression with anxious distress and melancholic depression from the perspective of psychomotor disturbance by Yu Tamada, Takeshi Inoue, Atsushi Sekine, Hiroyuki Toda, Minoru Takeshima, Masaaki Sasaki, Yota Fujimura, Susumu Ohmae

“…Abstract Aim In the DSM‐5, it is specified that severe cases of major depressive disorder with anxious distress (ANXD) may be accompanied with motor agitation. …”
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Perinatal Catatonia in a Patient with a Twin Pregnancy of Unknown Chorionicity and Gestational Age Presenting in Spontaneous Preterm Labor by Ryan Farias, Janice Hartnett

“…We report a case of acute catatonia due to underlying major depressive disorder in a patient who presented in spontaneous preterm labor, with a twin pregnancy of unknown chorionicity with no known prenatal care. …”
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A Case Report of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) for a Japanese Patient with Recurrent Depressive Disorder: The Importance of Layered Processes in CFT by Kenichi Asano, Eiji Shimizu

“…Major depressive disorder is a common mental health problem around the world. …”
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Psychiatric Morbidity among Primary Caregivers of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders at a Teaching Hospital in Kenya by Louise Namusonge Lusimbo, Daniel Kinyanjui, Irene J. Chesire

“…Results: Most respondents (225, 63%) had at least one psychiatric morbidity, and the majority had major depressive episodes (147, 41.2%). Lack of family support was associated with at least one psychiatric morbidity (p = 0.009). …”
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From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders by German Torres, Ryia T. Subbaiah, Riya A. Sood, Joerg R. Leheste

“…A better understanding of how indoor airborne pollutants affect brain neurons to augment clinical symptoms associated with psychiatric disorders will undoubtedly be useful in the subsequent treatment of patients with major depressive and/or bipolar disorders. This article is part of the themed issue, “Understanding the Link Between Environmental Pollutants, Brain & Behavior.”…”
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Misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: Rare or Frequent? by Sevda Korkmaz, Murad Atmaca, Gülay Taşcı, Şuheda Kaya

“…Conclusions: The results of the study suggest that bipolar disorder is frequently misdiagnosed one and that the most frequent misdagnoses were majör depressive disorder and following psychotic spectrum disorders. …”
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Clustering and drivers of symptoms observed at week six after antidepressant treatment in depressed outpatients by Michel Danon, Daphnée Poupon, Philippe Courtet, Philip Gorwood

“…DSM-IV criteria for major depressive episodes were assessed during two face-to-face visits with clinicians: before the prescription of a new antidepressant, and after 6 weeks of treatment. …”
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Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis by Weijia Dang, Tianqi Hao, Ning Li, Hualin Zhang, Ziqi Li, Hongmei Yu, Yalu Wen, Deqiang Zheng, Long Liu

“…We evaluated phenotypic associations using observational data from the UK Biobank.MethodOur study focused on investigating the shared risk variants and genetic etiology underlying AD and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder. By leveraging summary statistics from genome-wide association studies, we investigated global genetic correlations using linkage disequilibrium score regression, genetic covariance analysis, and high-definition likelihood. …”
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The Efficacy of Pramipexole, a Dopamine Receptor Agonist, as an Adjunctive Treatment in Treatment-Resistant Depression: An Open-Label Trial by Hiroaki Hori, Hiroshi Kunugi

“…Although the efficacy of adjunctive pramipexole treatment has been demonstrated in treatment-resistant bipolar depression, such data are scarce for major depressive disorder (MDD). We recruited 17 patients with DSM-IV major depressive episode who have failed to respond to previous treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. …”
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Identifying depression subtypes and investigating their consistency and transitions in a 1-year cohort analysis. by Carolin Oetzmann, Nicholas Cummins, Femke Lamers, Faith Matcham, Sara Siddi, Katie M White, Josep Maria Haro, Srinivasan Vairavan, Brenda W J H Penninx, Vaibhav A Narayan, Matthew Hotopf, Ewan Carr

“…Major depressive disorder (MDD) is defined by an array of symptoms that make it challenging to understand the condition at a population level. …”
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Differences in hair cortisol to cortisone ratio between depressed and non-depressed adolescent women by Yasmine Zerroug, Marie-France Marin, Elyse Porter-Vignola, Patricia Garel, Catherine M. Herba

“…Research on stress has demonstrated that the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis contributes to major depressive disorder in youth. Hair glucocorticoids are key biological markers of chronic stress. …”
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An Illustration of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Depression by Huey Jing Renee Tan

“…This is a case of a 38-year-old married woman presenting with major depressive disorder one month after the birth of her third child. …”
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RNA editing-based biomarker blood test for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder: protocol of the EDIT-B study by Andrea Miranda-Mendizabal, Diana Vetter, Juan Zambrano, Jeff Zarp, Victor Chavarría, Anna Giménez-Palomo, Meritxell Gonzalez-Campos, Marc Valenti, Lara Walczer Baldinazzo, Sara Siddi, Maurizio Ferrari, Dinah Weissmann, Chantal Henry, Josep Maria Haro, Lars Vedel Kessing, Eduard Vieta

“…Objective diagnostic tests or precise tools to diagnose BD and distinguish it from major depressive disorder (MDD) in depressed patients are lacking. …”
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Duloxetine Contributing to a Successful Multimodal Treatment Program for Peripheral Femoral Neuropathy and Comorbid ‘Reactive Depression’ in an Adolescent by Ludmyla Kachko, Shiri Ben Ami, Alon Liberman, Einat Birk, Sefi Kronenberg

“…In the United States, duloxetine has been approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder, diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in the adult population. …”
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Urinary Incontinence due to Overactive Detrusor Muscle: A Rare Side Effect of Venlafaxine by Vithyalakshmi Selvaraj, Palanikumar Gunasekar, Suneel Kumar, Imad Alsakaf

“…A 66-year-old Caucasian male with prior history of major depressive disorder developed UI within a week of starting venlafaxine 75 mg per day. …”
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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) in the Setting of Trauma and Schizophrenia by Sikander Chohan, Ali Chohan, Muhamid Asif

“…The etiology of PNES is complex. Major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder are common comorbid conditions in these patients. …”
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A study of impulsivity and adverse childhood experiences in a population health setting by Robert W. Read, Karen A. Schlauch, Gai Elhanan, Iva Neveux, Stephanie Koning, Takesha Cooper, Takesha Cooper, Joseph J. Grzymski, Joseph J. Grzymski

“…Among these, 44 were related to mental health diagnoses, including major depressive disorder (MDD). Kaplan–Meier survival estimates characterized the differences in the lifetime predicted probability between high and low impulsivity for major depressive disorder and essential hypertension. …”
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