Antidepressant Treatment Response Prediction With Early Assessment of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Micro-RNA by Lok Hua Lee, Cyrus Su Hui Ho, Yee Ling Chan, Gabrielle Wann Nii Tay, Cheng-Kai Lu, Tong Boon Tang

“…While functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) had previously been suggested for major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnosis, the clinical application to predict antidepressant treatment response (ATR) is still unclear. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and risk of depression in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: Evidence from a large national cohort study by Zhang-Yang Xu, Hong Zheng, Zi-Jun Pan, Shou-Yi Hu, Yun-Xia Wang, Wen-Jun Su

“… Insulin resistance has been proposed as a contributing factor to major depressive disorder (MDD), with previous studies reporting a positive correlation between triglyceride-glucose (TyG) a proxy indicator of insulin resistance and MDD. …”
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Prepregnancy Depression and Breastfeeding Duration: A Look at Maternal Age by Jordyn T. Wallenborn, Anny-Claude Joseph, Whitney C. Graves, Saba W. Masho

“…In the United States, major depressive disorder affects one in five women aged 20-40 years. …”
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Risk Factors Influencing Cognitive Function in Elderly Patients With Late‐Life Depression: A Scoping Review by Ping Jiang, Yunfeng Gao, Lin Wang, Xiaojun Shao, Lei Zhang, Gang Zhu, Li Duan

“…There have been existing cognitive function assessment tools specifically for those 18‐ to 65‐year‐old patients of major depressive disorder, but there is still a lack of reliability and validity tests in LLD.…”
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Mind at rest, mind at risk: A prospective population-based study of sleep and subsequent mental disorders by Mari Hysing, Allison G. Harvey, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Jens C. Skogen, Anne Reneflot, Børge Sivertsen

“…Objective: This study aimed to examine the association between insomnia and sleep characteristics with major depressive episode (MDE) and anxiety disorders, and the association after accounting for baseline mental health symptoms. …”
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Considering Comorbidities and Individual Differences in Testing a Gaming Behavioral Activation App for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: Open Trial Pilot Intervention Study by Gabriella E Hamlett, Chloe Schrader, Craig Ferguson, Lauren A Kobylski, Rosalind Picard, Joseph J Locascio, Richard J McNally, Lee S Cohen, Rachel Vanderkruik

“…ObjectiveWe assessed whether there were differences in symptom trajectories in pregnant participants with CAD as compared to those with depression only (ie, major depressive disorder [MDD]) during intervention with a BA mobile gaming app. …”
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Neuropsychological morbidity in the First Seizure Clinic: Prominent mood symptoms and memory issues in epilepsy by Remy Pugh, David N. Vaughan, Graeme D. Jackson, Jennie Ponsford, Chris Tailby

“…Clinically significant depressive symptoms were similarly prevalent in all patient groups, with one in three at risk for Major Depressive Disorder. Elevated anxiety symptoms were common across patient groups; however, not significantly different to controls. …”
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Causal associations between iron levels in subcortical brain regions and psychiatric disorders: a Mendelian randomization study by Wei Du, Biqiu Tang, Senhao Liu, Wenjing Zhang, Su Lui

“…Utilizing two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, this study investigates the causal associations between iron level changes in 16 subcortical nuclei and eight major psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia (SCZ), major depressive disorder (MDD), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and insomnia. …”
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Towards a conceptual framework of the working alliance in a blended low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for depression in primary mental health care: a qualita... by Sarah Smith, Caroline Free, Daniel Michelson, Jesus Montero-Marin, Ricardo Araya, Asmae Doukani, Arlinda Cerga-Pashoja, Ritsuko Kakuma

“…A thematic analysis was conducted using a constant comparative method informed by grounded theory.Setting Recruitment was carried out in four psychological primary care services across the UK.Participants Nineteen trial participants with major depressive disorder who completed at least one computerised program and face-to-face session with a PWP in the b-CBT arm were recruited to the study.Results Qualitative interviews that were guided by WA theory and patient involvement, revealed four themes: (1) a healthcare provider (PWP and computerised program) with good interpersonal competencies for building a working relationship with the client (‘bond’); (2) collaborative efforts between the client and the provider to appropriately identify what the client hopes to achieve through therapy (‘goals’); (3) the selection of acceptable therapeutic activities that address client goals and the availability of responsive support (‘task’) and (4) the promotion of active engagement and autonomous problem solving (‘usability heuristics’). …”
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Prognostic models for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following traumatic brain injury: a CENTER-TBI study by Kelly Jones, Antonio Belli, Suzanne Polinder, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Hester F Lingsma, Dick Tibboel, Ronny Beer, Raimund Helbok, Horia Ples, Ari Ercole, Peter Cameron, Marek Czosnyka, Catherine McMahon, Peter Vajkoczy, Paul Dark, Alexandra Brazinova, Marek Majdan, Rahul Raj, William Stewart, Ewout W Steyerberg, Giuseppe Citerio, Nino Stocchetti, Alessia Vargiolu, Hester Lingsma, Helen Dawes, Benoit Misset, Faye Johnson, David van Klaveren, Simon Stanworth, Fiona Lecky, Peter Smielewski, Alice Theadom, Peter Bragge, David Nelson, János Sándor, Paul M Vespa, Olli Tenovuo, Olav Røise, Wim Van Hecke, Vincent Degos, David Menon, Bart Depreitere, Audny Anke, Rolf Rossaint, Mark Coburn, Victor Volovici, Daan Nieboer, Jonathan Rosand, Nada Andelic, Hans Clusmann, Emma Donoghue, Jonathan Coles, stefan jankowski, Jonathan Rhodes, Guy Williams, Rolf Lefering, Mathieu van der Jagt, Daniel Kondziella, Noah D Silverberg, Arturo Chieregato, Sophie Richter, Endre Czeiter, Stefan Winzeck, Jan Verheyden, András Büki, Benjamin Gravesteijn, Evgenios Kornaropoulos, Virginia Newcombe, Lindsay Wilson, Lindsay Horton, Amra Covic, Dominique Van Praag, Cecilia Åkerlund, Krisztina Amrein, Lasse Andreassen, Anna Antoni, Gérard Audibert, Philippe Azouvi, Ronald Bartels, Pál Barzó, Romuald Beauvais, Bo-Michael Bellander, Habib Benali, Maurizio Berardino, Luigi Beretta, Morten Blaabjerg, Vibeke Brinck, Joanne Brooker, Camilla Brorsson, Monika Bullinger, Manuel Cabeleira, Alessio Caccioppola, Emiliana Calappi, Guillermo Carbayo Lozano, Marco Carbonara, Simona Cavallo, Giorgio Chevallard, Marta Correia, Nicola Curry, Véronique De Keyser, Hugo den Boogert, Đula Đilvesi, Abhishek Dixit, Jens Dreier, Patrick Esser, Erzsébet Ezer, Martin Fabricius, Kelly Foks, Shirin Frisvold, Alex Furmanov, Pablo Gagliardo, Damien Galanaud, Dashiell Gantner, Guoyi Gao, Pradeep George, Alexandre Ghuysen, Lelde Giga, Jagoš Golubovic Ben Glocker, Johannes Gratz, Francesca Grossi, Deepak Gupta, Iain Haitsma, Eirik Helseth, Jilske Huijben, Bram Jacobs, Mike Jarrett, Mladen Karan, Erwin Kompanje, Noémi Kovács, Ana Kowark, Alfonso Lagares, Linda Lanyon, Steven Laureys, Didier Ledoux, Valerie Legrand, Aurelie Lejeune, Leon Levi, Roger Lightfoot, Marc Maegele, Alex Manara, Geoffrey Manley, Costanza Martino, Hugues Maréchal, Julia Mattern, Béla Melegh, Tomas Menovsky, Ana Mikolic, Visakh Muraleedharan, Lynnette Murray, Ancuta Negru, József Nyirádi, Otesile Olubukola, Matej Oresic, Fabrizio Ortolano, Aarno Palotie, Paul M Parizel, Natascha Perera, Vincent Perlbarg, Paolo Persona, Wilco Peul, Matti Pirinen, Inigo Pomposo, Louis Puybasset, Andreea Radoi, Arminas Ragauskas, Malinka Rambadagalla, Sylvia Richardson, Samuli Ripatti, Saulius Rocka, Cecilie Roe, Christina Rosenlund, Guy Rosenthal, Sandra Rossi, Juan Sahuquillo, Oliver Sakowitz, Nadine Schäfer, Silke Schmidt, Herbert Schoechl, Guus Schoonman, Elisabeth Schwendenwein, Charlie Sewalt, Toril Skandsen, Abayomi Sorinola, Robert Stevens, Nina Sundström, Riikka Takala, Viktória Tamás, Tomas Tamosuitis, Mark Steven Taylor, Matt Thomas, Marjolein Timmers, Christos Tolias, Tony Trapani, Shirley Vallance, Egils Valeinis, Zoltán Vámos, Emmanuel Vega, Kimberley Velt, Anne Vik, Rimantas Vilcinis, Daphne Voormolen, Petar Vulekovic, Kevin K W Wang, Eveline Wiegers, Stefan Wolf, Zhihui Yang, Peter Ylén, Alexander Younsi, Frederick A Zeiler, Veronika Zelinkova, Agate Ziverte, Tommaso Zoerle, Joukje van der Naalt, Braden Te Ao, Caroline van Heugten, Francesco Della Corte, Ernest Van Veen, Andrew IR Maas, Andreas Unterberg, Thomas A van Essen, Mathilde Jost, Shuyuan Shi, Maria Luisa Azzolini, Maria Rosa Calvi, Jamie D Cooper, Claire Dahyot Fizelier, Guy Loup Dulière, Valery L Feigin, Pedro A Gomez, Russell L Gruen, Juanita A Haagsma, Peter J Hutchinson, Ji yao Jiang, Angelos G Kolias, Lars Owe Koskinen, Andrew I Z Maas, Ana M Castaño León, Jean François Payen, Anna Piippo Karjalainen, Dana Pisica, Jussi PPosti, Isabel Retel Helmrich, Jeffrey VRosenfeld, Daniel Rueckert Martin Rusnák, Renan SanchezPorras, Rico Frederik Schou, Cristina Maria Tudora, Gregory Van der Steen, Jeroen T J M van Dijck, Thijs Vande Vyvere, Roel P J van Wijk, Nicole von Steinbüchel

“…Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with an increased risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …”
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A real-world analysis of antidepressant medications in US veterans aged 60 years and older: a comparative analysis by Ryan D Pittman, S Scott Sutton, Joseph Magagnoli, Tammy H Cummings

“…Aim: To compare the safety and efficacy of antidepressants (AD) among older adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) by assessing treatment change, augmentation and hospitalization rates. …”

Augmenting neurocognitive remediation therapy to Preventive Cognitive Therapy for partially remitted depressed patients: protocol of a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled t... by Huibert Burger, Claudi Bockting, Marlies Brouwer, Gert J Geurtsen, Amanda M Legemaat, Johanne G J van der Stappen, Maria Semkovska, Isidoor O Bergfeld, Nicoline Lous, Damiaan A J P Denys

“…Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects 163 million people globally every year. …”
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Indications for an antidepressive effect of thymosin alpha-1 in a small open-label proof of concept study in common variable immune deficiency patients with depression by Daniël G. Aynekulu Mersha, Sarah E. Fromme, Frank van Boven, Gara Arteaga-Henríquez, Annemarie Wijkhuijs, Marianne van der Ent, Raf Berghmans, Bernard T. Baune, Hemmo A. Drexhage, Virgil Dalm

“…These subjects are characterized by reduced naïve T cells and a premature T cell senescence similar to that of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). It is known that T cells are essential for limbic system development/function. …”
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Development and predictors of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents with depressive disorders: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression by Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Violeta Perez-Rodriguez, Javier de Otazu Olivares, Javier Camacho-Rubio, Aditya Sharma, Ana Catalán, Josefien Breedvelt, Claudia Aymerich, Mihai Pop, Carmen Moreno, Ian Kelleher, Jane Anderson, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Christoph U Correll, Allan H. Young

“…Studies using the DSM (21.6%, 95% CI=20.2% to 23.1%) and studies evaluating C&A with a major depressive disorder only (19.8%, 95% CI=16.8% to 23.1%) found higher rates of development of BD. …”
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Investigating the relationship between inflammatory cytokines and adolescent depression: a comparative analysis by Mengqi Liu, Mengqi Liu, Jie Tang, Jie Tang, Gaoyang Xu, Gaoyang Xu, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Kun Fang, Fan He, Fan He, Yi Zheng, Yi Zheng

“…BackgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents poses a significant threat to physical health. …”
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Feasibility and acceptability of an integrated mind-body intervention for depression: whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) by Ashley E. Mason, Anoushka Chowdhary, Wendy Hartogensis, Chelsea J. Siwik, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Leena S. Pandya, Stefanie Roberts, Claudine Anglo, Patricia J. Moran, J. Craig Nelson, Christopher A. Lowry, Rhonda P. Patrick, Charles L. Raison, Frederick M. Hecht

“…Background: There is a pressing need for effective treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD).Objective To examine the feasibility of an integrated mind-body MDD treatment combining cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and whole-body hyperthermia (WBH).Methods In this single-arm trial, 16 adults with MDD initially received 8 weekly CBT sessions and 8 weekly WBH sessions. …”
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Genome-wide association study identifies four pan-ancestry loci for suicidal ideation in the Million Veteran Program. by Allison E Ashley-Koch, Nathan A Kimbrel, Xue J Qin, Jennifer H Lindquist, Melanie E Garrett, Michelle F Dennis, Lauren P Hair, Jennifer E Huffman, Daniel A Jacobson, Ravi K Madduri, Hilary Coon, Anna R Docherty, Jooeun Kang, Niamh Mullins, Douglas M Ruderfer, VA Million Veteran Program (MVP), MVP Suicide Exemplar Workgroup, International Suicide Genetics Consortium, Philip D Harvey, Benjamin H McMahon, David W Oslin, Elizabeth R Hauser, Michael A Hauser, Jean C Beckham

“…The genetic correlation of SI and SA within MVP was high (rG = 0.87; p = 1.09e-50), as well as with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; rG = 0.78; p = 1.98e-95) and major depressive disorder (MDD; rG = 0.78; p = 8.33e-83). …”
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Oxidative Stress and Risk of Dementia in Older Patients with Depression: A Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Plasma Biomarkers by Yoo-Jin Jang, Min-Ji Kim, Su-Jin Lee, Shinn-Won Lim, Doh-Kwan Kim

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: A longitudinal cohort of 146 older patients with major depressive disorder was analyzed. Biomarkers, such as nitrotyrosine, protein carbonyl, F2-isoprostanes, malondialdehyde, 4-hydroxynonenal, and 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, were collected at baseline and measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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Efficacy of Duloxetine for Postspine Surgery Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Abdulsalam Mohammed Aleid, Faisal Alshehri, Naif Alasiri, Fatimah Alhomoud, Shouq Alsaegh, Mohammed Alrasheed, Salem Aljaddua, Ali Alasiri, Asma Boukhari, Abdulmonem Ali Alhussain, Bipin Chaurasia, Saud Nayef Aldanyowi

“…ABSTRACT Background Duloxetine, a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), is used to treat various health conditions, including major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, fibromyalgia, and off‐label for chemotherapy‐induced pain. …”
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Dynamic functional connectivity patterns predict early antidepressant treatment response in drug-naïve, first-episode adolescent MDD by Maojia Ran, Hang Zhang, Meijiang Jin, Yuanmei Tao, Hanmei Xu, Shoukang Zou, Zhujun Wang, Fang Deng, Lijuan Huang, Hong Zhang, Xiaowei Tang, Yanping Wang, Xia Fu, Li Yin, Li Yin, Li Yin

“…ObjectiveAdolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit abnormal dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) patterns, but it remains unclear whether these aberrant dFC patterns are linked to antidepressant treatment. …”
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