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201 Curcumin as an Add-On to Antidepressive Treatment: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Pilot Clinical Study Clinical Neuropharmacology, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
202 Amphetamine, past and present - a pharmacological and clinical perspective Journal of Psychopharmacology, May 16, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
203 Effectiveness and Safety of Memantine Treatment for Alzheimers Disease Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
204 Designing a Trial to Evaluate Potential Treatments for Apathy in Dementia: The Apathy in Dementia Methylphenidate Trial (ADMET) The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
205 Life Events and Psychosis: A Review and Meta-analysis Schizophrenia Bulletin, May 16, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
206 Pharmacologic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Parkinson Disease The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
207 Response randomization of one- and two-person Rock-Paper-Scissors games in individuals with schizophrenia Psychiatry Research, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
208 Brain structural, neurochemical and neuroinflammatory markers of psychosis onset and relapse: Is there evidence for a psychosis relapse signature? International Clinical Psychopharmacology, May 16, 2013 Review Article
209 Personalized Cognitive Training in Unipolar and Bipolar Disorder: A Study of Cognitive Functioning Frontiers in Psychiatry, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
210 Hypertransaminasemia in severely malnourished adult anorexia nervosa patients: Risk factors and evolution under enteral nutrition Clinical Nutrition, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
211 Serious psychological distress among non-Hispanic whites in the United States: the importance of nativity status and region of birth Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
212 Dimensional assessment of depressive severity in the elderly general population: Psychometric evaluation of the PHQ-9 using Rasch Analysis Journal of Affective Disorders, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
213 Assessment of everyday functioning in schizophrenia: Implications for treatments aimed at negative symptoms Schizophrenia Research, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
214 Standardization of the depression screener Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in the general population General Hospital Psychiatry, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
215 Perceived emotional support in remission: results from an 18-month follow-up of patients with early episode psychosis Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
216 Heterogeneous trajectories of depressive symptoms: Adolescent predictors and adult outcomes Journal of Affective Disorders, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
217 Plasma total cholesterol in psychiatric patients after a suicide attempt and in follow-up Journal of Affective Disorders, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
218 Enhanced Anger Reactivity and Reduced Distress Tolerance in Major Depressive Disorder Cognitive Therapy and Research, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
219 A Descriptive and Comparative Study From China On Patients With Type-2 Diabetes With and Without Depressive Symptoms Journal of Community Health Nursing, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
220 Longitudinal relationship between depressive symptoms and work outcomes in clinically treated patients with long-term sickness absence related to major depressive disorder Journal of Affective Disorders, May 16, 2013 Clinical Article
As published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, risk factors for postpartum depression among abused women included age 15-19 (aOR=2.29) and > 35 years of age (aOR=2.33). In non-abused women, risk factors for postpartum depression include unemployment (aOR=1.41), foreign birth (aOR=2.04), and low income (aOR=1.68). Postpartum depression was also associated with women abused prior to pregnancy (aOR=3.28), abuse beginning postpartum (aOR=4.76), and abuse resuming postpartum (aOR=3.81).
Read the article summaryAs published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, low cardiovascular fitness at 18 years of age (n = 1,117,292; follow-up, 3-40 y) is associated with an increased risk of severe depression (HR = 1.96).
Read the article summaryAs published in Clinical Drug Investigation, an initial amisulpride dose of 800 mg (n=38) is more effective that 400 mg with dose titration (n=30) in patients with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia. A greater number of patients in the 800 mg group than the 400 mg with dose titration group had a 30% reduction in the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale after 4 (68.4% vs. 40.0%) and 6 weeks (71.1% vs. 43.3%).
Read the article summary1 Nidotherapy for people with schizophrenia Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
2 Newly diagnosed depression is associated with increased beta-thromboglobulin levels and increased expression of platelet activation markers and platelet derived CD40-CD40L Journal of Psychiatric Research, April 12, 2013
3 Use of asenapine in clinical practice for the management of bipolar mania Journal of Psychopharmacology, March 29, 2013 Review Article
4 Risperidone, quetiapine, and olanzapine adjunctive treatments in major depression with psychotic features: a comparative study Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, April 18, 2013 Free full text
5 Buprenorphine augmentation in the treatment of refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, March 1, 2013
6 Efficacy and mood conversion rate during long-term fluoxetine v. lithium monotherapy in rapid- and non-rapid-cycling bipolar II disorder The British Journal of Psychiatry, April 3, 2013
7 The association between low vitamin D and depressive disorders Molecular Psychiatry, April 10, 2013 Free full text
8 A randomised, controlled trial of a dietary intervention for adults with major depression (the SMILES trial): study protocol BMC Psychiatry, April 19, 2013 Free full text
9 An open trial of pregabalin as an acute and maintenance adjunctive treatment for outpatients with treatment resistant bipolar disorder Journal of Affective Disorders, March 22, 2013
10 Add-on fluvoxamine treatment for schizophrenia: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, April 22, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
11 Effectiveness of lurasidone vs. quetiapine XR for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: A 12-month, double-blind, noninferiority study Schizophrenia Research, April 16, 2013
12 Rapid Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Major Depression Biological Psychiatry, April 8, 2013
13 Reboxetine Treatment for Autistic Spectrum Disorder of Pediatric Patients With Depressive and Inattentive/Hyperactive Symptoms: An Open-Label Trial Clinical Neuropharmacology, April 5, 2013
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Lower CSF Interleukin-6 predicts future depression in a population-based sample of older women followed for 17 years
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, April 19, 2013
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15 Efficacy of the novel antidepressant agomelatine for anxiety symptoms in major depression Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, March 28, 2013
16 Cortisol Levels and Risk for Psychosis: Initial Findings from the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study Biological Psychiatry, April 5, 2013
17 Therapeutic effects of vitamin D as adjunctive therapy to fluoxetine in patients with major depressive disorder Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, March 6, 2013
18 Additional ECT increases BDNF-levels in patients suffering from major depressive disorders compared to patients treated with citalopram only Journal of Psychiatric Research, April 15, 2013
19 Efficacy of vitamin C as an adjunct to fluoxetine therapy in pediatric major depressive disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study Nutrition Journal, March 14, 2013 Free full text
20 Efficiacy of Melatonin in Chronic Tension Type Headache Patients and Effects on Anxiety and Depression Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish), April 1, 2013 Free full text
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