Bridging animal models and humans: neuroimaging as intermediate phenotypes linking genetic or stress factors to anhedonia by Huiling Guo, Yao Xiao, Shuai Dong, Jingyu Yang, Pengfei Zhao, Tongtong Zhao, Aoling Cai, Lili Tang, Juan Liu, Hui Wang, Ruifang Hua, Rongxun Liu, Yange Wei, Dandan Sun, Zhongchun Liu, Mingrui Xia, Yong He, Yankun Wu, Tianmei Si, Fay Y. Womer, Fuqiang Xu, Yanqing Tang, Jie Wang, Weixiong Zhang, Xizhe Zhang, Fei Wang

“…Conclusions This cross-species validation suggests that these neuroimaging patterns may serve as robust intermediate phenotypes, linking etiology to anhedonia and facilitating the translation of findings from animal models to humans with depression and other psychiatric disorders.…”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…Overall this could lead to an increase of violent behaviours, panic attacks, and a significant growth of psychiatric disorders and suicides. Predictably, if there are going to be even more restrictive economic measures like a partial restart of activities coupled with the request of tax payments related to those suspended during the emergency and those due in anticipation for 2020 business, people could start disobeying to basic civil society rules. …”

Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons Suffering Solely from Mental Illness in Canada by Chloe Eunice Panganiban, Srushhti Trivedi

“…., “Euthanasia Requests, Procedures and Outcomes for 100 Belgian Patients Suffering from Psychiatric Disorders: A Retrospective, Descriptive Study,” BMJ Open 5, no. 7 (July 27, 2015): e007454, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007454…”
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Patient Factors Predicting Weight Loss after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass by Linda Sillén, Ellen Andersson

“…At 2-year follow-up, an association between unsuccessful weight loss and psychiatric disorder, diabetes, hypertension, and preoperative BMI was seen. …”
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Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Comorbid Frontotemporal Dementia with Bipolar Disorder by Sean Paul, Jennifer Goetz, Jeffrey Bennett, Tessy Korah

“…Challenges encountered in the diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are further confounded when presented with comorbid psychiatric disorder. Here we report a case of progressive FTD in a patient with a long history of bipolar affective disorder (BAD) 1, depressed type. …”
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A 27-Month-Old Boy with Polyuria and Polydipsia by Yvonne Lee, Erica Winnicki, Lavjay Butani, Stephanie Nguyen

“…Psychogenic polydipsia is a well-described phenomenon in those with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. …”
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US and CT of 2 pediatric cases of self-inflicted pneumoparotid and cervicofacial emphysema by François Chalard, MD, Méryle Laurent, MD, Eugénie Barras, MD, Seema Toso, MD

“…In children, it is often self-inflicted, due to psychiatric disorder or recreational habits (puffing the cheeks, blowing balloons, bruxism…). …”
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Clinical and Biochemical Manifestations of Depression: Relation to the Neurobiology of Stress by Phillip W. Gold, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, Maria G. Pavlatou

“…Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, recurrent, and severe psychiatric disorder with high mortality and medical comorbidities. …”
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An analysis of ambulance re-contacts after non-conveyance: a retrospective cohort study in the Netherlands by Susanne E. de Loor, Tessa Verheij, Thomas Karol, Franciscus G. M. H. M. Cuppen, Frits van Dijk, Femke Goldstein, Joyce Janssen, Remco H. A. Ebben

“…Four subreasons accounted for 68.5% of reasons for re-contacts: progression of disease (19.4%), recurrent disease process/exacerbation (18.6%), reassessment and ambulance request by another medical professional (15.9%), and psychiatric disorder and/or substance abuse (14.6%). 403/547 (73.7%) patients with a re-contact were conveyed to the hospital. …”
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Comparison of Childhood Traumatic Experience and Attachment Styles among Patients in Suicide Attempts with Drugs and the Healthy Control Group by Sinay Onen, Ahmet Inel, Bilgen Bicer Kanat, Ibrahim Taymur, Ersin Budak, Suna Eraybay

“…Method: The study involved 76 people who had attempted suicide with drugs and 84 healthy controls who did not have any psychiatric disorder. In the evaluation we have used the following: a sociodemographic data form, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Childhood Traumas Questionnaire (CTQ - 28) and Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) with those who agreed to participate in the study. …”
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Sleep Paralysis and Hallucinosis by Gregory Stores

“…The episodes were not obviously related to his psychiatric disorder. Past diagnoses included nightmares and night terrors. …”
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Koro Syndrome: Epidemiology, Psychiatric and Physical Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options by Yukino N. Strong, David Y. Cao, Jessica Zhou, Maya A. Guenther, Danyon J. Anderson, Alan D. Kaye, Brian E. Blick, Prathima R. Anandi, Hirni Y. Patel, Ivan Urits

“…In sporadic Koro, it is believed that if the primary psychiatric disorder is treated with anxiolytics, antidepressants, sedatives, or psychotics, the secondary Koro-like symptoms will also fade. …”
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The Impact of Antidepressants on Gut Microbiome and Depression Management by Ee-Kit Tang, Ke-Yan Loo, Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Malarvili Selvaraja, Sivakumar Thurairajasingam, Learn-Han Lee, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“… Depression is a widespread psychiatric disorder that significantly impacts an individual’s quality of life. …”
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Long COVID-19: Psychological symptoms in COVID-19 and probiotics as an adjunct therapy by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Priyia Pusparajah, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…Variation exists for risk factors and prevalence, but the female gender and psychiatric disorder history seem to be consistent risk factors across several studies. …”
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A visual cortical-lateral posterior thalamic nucleus circuit regulates depressive-like behaviors in male mice by Fangfang Wu, Chenxi Gu, Rui Xu, Junwei Ma, Lei Gao, Youjiao Zhang, Siyuan Bu, Qingbo Lu, Te Zhao, Yijun Han, Chen Guo, Yihui Cui, Jianhua Ding, Gang Hu, Zhijun Zhang

“…Abstract Depression, a prevalent psychiatric disorder of ambiguous etiology and high heterogeneity, has been recently linked to the primary visual cortex (V1). …”
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Dendritic Spines in Depression: What We Learned from Animal Models by Hui Qiao, Ming-Xing Li, Chang Xu, Hui-Bin Chen, Shu-Cheng An, Xin-Ming Ma

“…Depression, a severe psychiatric disorder, has been studied for decades, but the underlying mechanisms still remain largely unknown. …”
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Potentials of Curcumin as an Antidepressant by S.K. Kulkarni, Ashish Dhir, Kiran Kumar Akula

“…Major depression, a debilitating psychiatric disorder, is predicted to be the second most prevalent human illness by the year 2020. …”
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Study habits among Nigerian secondary school students with brain fag syndrome by Olufemi Morakinyo, Bolanle Adeyemi Ola

“…Brain Fag Syndrome (BFS) is a psychiatric disorder associated with study affecting two to four out of every ten African students. …”
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Evaluation Of Impulsivity Symptoms And Family Functioning In Adolescents Diagnosed With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder And Their Mothers by Gonca Ozyurt

“…Conclusion: OCD is an important chronic psychiatric disorder which affects functionality seriously. …”
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Disrupted microsaccade responses in late-life depression by Yao-Tung Lee, Ying-Hsuan Tai, Yi-Hsuan Chang, Cesar Barquero, Shu-Ping Chao, Chin-An Wang

“…Abstract Late-life depression (LLD) is a psychiatric disorder in older adults, characterized by high prevalence and significant mortality rates. …”
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