Combined Dexamethasone Suppression-Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation Test in Studies of Depression, Alcoholism, and Suicidal Behavior by Leo Sher

“…The DEX-CRH test has been used to study different psychiatric conditions. Major depression, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior are public health problems around the world. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Western India: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dharti J. Kansagra, Chikitsa D. Amin, Rajendra B. Chauhan

“…Conclusion: Risk factors related to sociodemographic and obstetric history were found to be significantly associated with PPD. To prevent major depression in postpartum, early detection and timely referral are needed.…”
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Psychological Status, Compliance, Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, and Nerve Growth Factor Levels of Patients with Depression after Augmented Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Th... by Huirong Guo, Yuming Ren, Bailing Huang, Junru Wang, Xuhuang Yang, Yali Wang

“…Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a cost-effective psychosocial program that prevents relapse/recurrence in major depression. The present study aimed to analyze the effects of augmented MBCT along with standard treatment dominated by pharmacotherapy on psychological state, compliance, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and nerve growth factor (NGF) expression levels in patients with depression. …”
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A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Ketamine in Persons Suffering from Treatment-resistant Depressive Disorder by Vikhram Ramasubramanian, S. Mathumathi, Gautami Thirumalaisamy, Sugaparaneetharan Ayyanar, Gopi Rajendhiran, M. Kannan

“…Background: Depression is a common illness that affects about 3.8% of the population worldwide. Patients with major depression respond to antidepressant treatment, but 10%–20% of them do not improve or show a partial response. …”
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Social behavior and spatial orientation in rat strains with genetic predisposition to catatonia (GC) and stereotypes (PM) by V. S. Plekanchuk, O. I. Prokudina, M. A. Ryazanova

“…Various psychopathologies, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression, are associated with abnormalities in social behavior and learning. …”
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Specific Dysphoric Symptoms Are Predicted by Early Maladaptive Schemas by Roberta Trincas, Cristina Ottaviani, Alessandro Couyoumdjian, Katia Tenore, Grazia Spitoni, Francesco Mancini

“…Four hundred and fifty-six participants completed a measure of EMSs (Young Schema Questionnaire) and reported on the severity of the symptoms of criterion A for major depression in DSM-IV during the occurrence of a dysphoric episode in the previous 12 months. …”
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Prevalence of mental health conditions in post-conflict Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A repeated, cross-sectional study. by Maaike L Seekles, Jacob K Kadima, Pierre O L Omumbu, Junior K Kukola, Joy J Kim, Christian B Bulambo, Raphael M Mulamba, Motto Nganda, Laura Dean

“…The pooled prevalence across both waves was 34.3% for major depression disorder and 26.5% for generalised anxiety disorder. …”
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Depression in Parkinson’s Disease: The Contribution from Animal Studies by Jéssica Lopes Fontoura, Camila Baptista, Flávia de Brito Pedroso, José Augusto Pochapski, Edmar Miyoshi, Marcelo Machado Ferro

“…Highly regarded in major depression, serotonin can be depleted in rats after nigrostriatal damage, but data from human patients are more conflicting. …”
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The Association between Depression Severity, Prosody, and Voice Acoustic Features in Women with Depression by Mohammad-Sadegh Seifpanahi, Tina Ghaemi, Ali Ghaleiha, Davood Sobhani-Rad, Mohammad-Kazem Zarabian

“…Prosody and acoustic features in 30 women with major depression hospitalized in a psychiatric ward and 30 healthy women were investigated in a cross-sectional study. …”
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Association between osteoarthritis and cognitive function: results from the NHANES 2011–2014 and Mendelian randomization study by Kun Zhao, Liuyan Nie, Jingting Zhao, Yankai Dong, Kaixiu Jin, Song Wang, Xiangming Ye

“…Genetically predicted specific-site OA was not significantly associated with the risk of dementia (OR = 1.12; 95% CI: 0.96–1.32; p = 0.16), Alzheimer’s disease (OR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.68–1.31, p = 0.74), vascular dementia (OR = 1.32, 95% CI: 0.82–2.13, p = 0.25) with accepted heterogeneity and no evidence of directional pleiotropy. Furthermore, major depression was found to mediate the pathway between OA and vascular dementia (β = 0.044, 95% CI: −0.391 to 0.479, p < 0.05). …”
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Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Antidepressive Therapy: Shocking Relations by Peter Rotheneichner, Simona Lange, Anna O’Sullivan, Julia Marschallinger, Pia Zaunmair, Christian Geretsegger, Ludwig Aigner, Sebastien Couillard-Despres

“…This review revisits recent findings on the close relation between the mode(s) of action of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a powerful intervention used as second-line treatment of major depression disorders, and the neurogenic response to ECT. …”
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RESILSTIGMA. Resilience to self-stigmatization experienced by people living with HIV: Which self-reported factors improve awareness among health workers? by Christine Jacomet, Cécile Miele, Emilie Goncalves, Céline Lambert, Clément Belletier, Françoise Linard, Josiane Phalip-Le Besnerais, Pierre Dellamonica, Michaël Dambrun

“…Multivariable analysis showed that self-stigmatization was significantly associated with major depression (OR: 3.59, 95% CI: 1.19 to 10.80, p = 0.02), psychological inflexibility (OR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.19 to 1.97, p = 0.001), and parental support deficit in childhood (OR parental support: 0.63, 95% CI: 0.40 to 0.98, p = 0.04). …”
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A General Look at Women Taking Shelters: What are they living through? What can we do? by Gamer Gunay, Esra Alatas, Suheyla Dogan Bulut, Sibel Orsel

“…In %54.2 of the cases there were detected suicide attempt history and the most (% 65.4) major depression primary diagnosis. It can be said with our current findings that the women taking shelters has been facing violence since their childhood, couldnt get enough economical and social support from their families and experienced several mental illnesses with their trauma. …”
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Modular-based psychotherapy (MoBa) versus cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for patients with depression, comorbidities and a history of childhood maltreatment: study protocol fo... by Elisabeth Schramm, Martin Hautzinger, Carolin Jenkner, Moritz Elsaesser, Sabine Herpertz, Hannah Piosczyk

“…By optimally tailoring module selection and application to the specific needs of each patient, MoBa has great potential to improve the currently unsatisfying results of psychotherapy as a bridge between disorder-specific and personalised approaches.Methods and analysis In a randomised controlled feasibility trial, N=70 outpatients with episodic or persistent major depression, comorbidity and childhood maltreatment are treated in 20 individual sessions with MoBa or standard cognitive–behavioural therapy for depression. …”
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Prevalence of lymphedema symptoms across cancer diagnoses and association with depression, pain interference and health-related quality of life by Gitte Sone Larsen, Christoffer Johansen, Annika von Heymann, Bolette Skjødt Rafn

“…Utilized questionnaires were the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire, the Major Depression Inventory, and the Brief Pain Inventory. …”
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Psychological detachment from work predicts mental wellbeing of working-age adults: Findings from the 'Wellbeing of the Workforce' (WoW) prospective longitudinal cohort study. by Holly Blake, Juliet Hassard, Louise Thomson, Wei Hoong Choo, Teixiera Dulal-Arthur, Maria Karanika-Murray, Lana Delic, Richard Pickford, Lou Rudkin

“…<h4>Results</h4>Risk for major depression (T1: 20.0% to T2: 29.0%, p = .002), poor general health (T1: 4.7% to T2: 0%, p = .002) and poor life satisfaction (T1: 15.4% to T2: 25.4%, p = .002) worsened over time, moderate-to-severe anxiety remained stable (T1: 26.1% to T2: 30.2%, p = .15). …”
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Association of Depression with Age at Natural Menopause: A Cross-Sectional Analysis with NHANES Data by An S, Ren S, Ma J, Zhang Y

“…American women with major depression had an increased risk of early menopause (OR = 2.49, 95% CI = 1.10– 5.63). …”
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The Prevalence of Depression Among Parkinson&rsquo;s Disease Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Al-Qahtani Z, Alqahtani ASM, Alzuhairi AMS, Qarah M, Alqarni AA, Alqahtani AOM, AlShehri FAA, Alqathanin MAA, Alshahrani OMO, Alqahtani MAF, Mahmood SE

“…PD patients lacking social support were 8 times more likely to develop major depression [OR = 8.27, 95% CI (1.47– 46.31), p = 0.016] and 5 times more likely to experience anxiety symptoms [OR = 5.36, 95% CI (1.14– 25.26), p = 0.034]. …”
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Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis. Benefits and Limitations of Psychosocial Selection and Support in Alcohol Relapse. The Experience of a Tertiary Center in Ita... by Luca S. Belli, Adelaide Panariello, Giovanni Perricone, Paola Prandoni, Raffaella Viganò, Chiara Mazzarelli, Chiara Becchetti, Sara Giacalone, Giovanna Donvito, Sara Conti, Paolo A. Cortesi, Elena Roselli, Gianpaola Monti, Marco Carbone, Luciano G. De Carlis, Luciano G. De Carlis, Mauro Percudani

“…Sixteen transplanted patients had major depression with or without anxiety, with 10 patients (33%) being treated with antidepressants post-LT. …”
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‘It is scary to pause treatment’: perspectives on HIV cure-related research and analytical treatment interruptions from women diagnosed during acute HIV in Durban, South Africa: So... by Deli Mthimkhulu, Krista L. Dong, Mzwakhe Wiseman Ngcobo, Deborah Mindry, Ayanda Zulu, Ntombifuthi Langa, Luyanda Maphalala, Vanessa Pillay, Maud Mthembu, Annie Miall, Whitney Tran, Ana Dillen, Fang Wan, Ali Ahmed, Jamila K. Stockman, Maryam Hussain, Thumbi Ndung’u, Karine Dubé

“…Results Many participants reported mental health challenges, including major depression (40%), moderate to severe anxiety (35%), and low self-esteem (35%). …”
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