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301 Quality of Life in Borderline Personality Disorder Harvard Review of Psychiatry, May 13, 2013 Review Article
302 The Current State of the Empirical Evidence for Psychoanalysis: A Meta-analytic Approach Harvard Review of Psychiatry, May 13, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
303 Primary Care Clinicians Recognition and Management of Depression: A Model of Depression Care in Real-World Primary Care Practice Journal of General Internal Medicine, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
304 The Norwegian Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (JTCI): An assessment of its psychometric properties Comprehensive Psychiatry, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
305 Declining Differences in Response Rates with Antidepressants versus Placebo: A Modest Proposal for Another Contributing Cause Journal of Psychiatric Practice, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
306 Cued Panic Attacks in Body Dysmorphic Disorder Journal of Psychiatric Practice, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
307 A pilot study of prospective memory functioning in early breast cancer survivors The Breast, May 13, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
308 The Prospective Associations Between Depression and Sexual Satisfaction among Female Medical Students The Journal of Sexual Medicine, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
309 Utilization of traditional Chinese medicine in patients treated for depression: A population-based study in Taiwan Complementary Therapies in Medicine, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
310 Predicting mortality 12 years after an acute cardiac event: comparison between inhospital and 2-month assessment of depressive symptoms in women Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
311 A review of the interplay between tuberculosis and mental health General Hospital Psychiatry, May 13, 2013 Review Article
312 A Combination of Neuropsychological, Neuroimaging, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers Predicts Conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
313 White matter abnormalities associated with Alzheimers disease and mild cognitive impairment: a critical review of MRI studies Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
314 Issues in the Management of Acute Agitation: How Much Current Guidelines Consider Safety? Frontiers in Psychiatry, May 13, 2013 Review Article
315 Evaluation of two delirium screening tools for detecting post-operative delirium in the elderly British Journal of Anesthesia, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
316 Role of Visual Integration in Gaze Perception and Emotional Intelligence in Schizophrenia Schizophrenia Bulletin, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
317 Infliximab for Treatment-Resistant Depression Full Text First Report Managed Care, May 13, 2013
318 Mount Sinai Researchers Identify New Drug Target for Depression and Neuropathic Pain. Increased levels of brain protein in response to antidepressants may lead to new therapies The Mount Sinai Hospital, May 13, 2013
319 Smoking and obesity associated BDNF gene variance predicts total and cardiovascular mortality in smokers Heart, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
320 Involuntary treatment of schizophrenia patients 2004-2010 in Denmark Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, May 13, 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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