Objective To assess the effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3PUFAs; also known as ω-3 fatty acids) compared with comparator for major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults. Open Access Article
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common perinatal complication with adverse maternal and infant outcomes. This study investigated the efficacy and safety of zuranolone, a positive allosteric modulator of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptors and neuroactive steroid, as an oral, once-daily, 14-day treatment course for patients with severe PPD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study reports on young people's session experiences over time and by key demographics for headspace youth mental health services. Open access article - no login required
Families, Systems, & Health34.4 (Dec 2016): 317-329.
Background: Research suggests that 13–25% of primary care patients who present with physical complaints have underlying depression or anxiety. Objective: The goal of this paper is to quantify and compare the frequency of the diagnosis of depression and anxiety in patients with a somatic reason for visit among primary care physicians across disciplines. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The study didn't find any benefits from doing yoga at the end of the 10-week study period, but there were improvements in symptoms at a six-month follow-up review. Because of the mixed results, these findings need to be interpreted with caution.
Blog post. People who suffer from depression may want to look to yoga as a complement to traditional therapies as the practice appears to lessen symptoms of the disorder.
Neuropsychology (Oct 18, 2018). DOI:10.1037/neu0000498
Objective: Symptoms of anxiety, depression commonly co-occur with cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The directionality of this association is unclear, however, in that poor cognitive performance may lead to increased symptoms of anxiety and depression or higher anxiety and depressive symptoms may lead to cognitive decline. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the directionality of the association between symptoms of anxiety and depression with cognitive performance in newly diagnosed patients with PD.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Overall, the heart rate patterns suggested that the high ruminators were less relaxed than the low ruminators in the evening.
But despite the Mail's headline, this study certainly doesn't prove work-related thoughts are deadly. Short-term observations of a person's heartbeat cannot predict long-term health outcomes.
All the idols of capitalism over the past three decades crashed. The assumptions and presumptions, paradigm and prognosis of indefinite progress under liberal free market capitalism have been tested and have failed. We are living the end of an entire epoch: Experts everywhere witness the collapse of the US and world financial system, the absence of credit for trade and the lack of financing for investment. A world depression, in which upward of a quarter of the world’s labor force will be unemployed, is looming. The biggest decline in trade in recent world history – down 40% year to year – defines the future. The immanent bankruptcies of the biggest manufacturing companies in the capitalist world haunt Western political leaders. The ‘market’ as a mechanism for allocating resources and the government of the US as the ‘leader’ of the global economy have been discredited. (Financial Times, March 9, 2009) All the assumptions about ‘self-stabilizing markets’ are demonstrably false and outmoded. The rejection of public intervention in the market and the advocacy of supply-side economics have been discredited even in the eyes of their practitioners. Even official circles recognize that ‘inequality of income’ contributed to the onset of the economic crash and should be corrected. Planning, public ownership, nationalization are on the agenda while socialist alternatives have become almost respectable.
Working memory (WM) deficits are recognized as serious cognitive impairment in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). This review aims to clarify the effects of impaired WM function in patients with MDD and explore non-invasive and effective treatments that can be adopted in clinical practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Military Psychology29.5 (Sep 2017): 396-406.
Few studies have attempted to examine how changes in work stressors from predeployment to postdeployment and reintegration may be associated with changes in mental health symptoms and hazardous drinking. The present study examined associations between work stressors, depressive symptoms, and hazardous drinking, and whether depressive symptoms mediated the association between work stressors and hazardous alcohol use or vice versa across deployment (predeployment, postdeployment, and 6-month reintegration). To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The researchers found that, compared to non-users, those who took the pill were 23% more likely to use antidepressants.
However, it's important to note this study is not able to prove that the contraceptive methods are responsible for the depression, only to find possible links to investigate further.
The researchers don't advise that women should stop using their contraception, just that further studies are needed. If this association is found to be true, depression may have to be added as a possible side effect of hormonal contraception.
Anxiety disorders, which often manifest as excessive worry, fear and a tendency to avoid potentially stressful situations, are some of the most common mental health problems in the Western world. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
T. Itatsu, A. Nagahara, M. Hojo, A. Miyazaki, T. Murai, M. Nakajima, and S. Watanabe. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 50 (7):
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