Depression / Anxiety
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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Common Mental Disorder Elevates Risk for Subsequent Obesity
- November 3, 2009
- Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP
- General Medicine
However, obesity is not associated with elevated risk for later mental disorder.
- Reviewing:
- Kivimäki M et al. BMJ 2009 Oct 6; 339:b3765
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Subjectively Poor Sleep Correlates with Postpartum Depression
- November 3, 2009
- Brian J. Murray MD, FRCPC D, ABSM
- Neurology
In a questionnaire study, this association held true even after adjustments for other known risk factors for depression.
- Reviewing:
- Dørheim SK et al. Sleep 2009 Jul; 32:847
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Deep Brain Stimulation: Slow Speed Ahead
- November 2, 2009
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
More needs to be learned about patient selection, electrode placement, and outcomes before routine clinical adoption of DBS for depression or OCD.
- Reviewing:
- Rabins P et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2009 Sep; 66:931
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Collaborative Care Improves Guideline Concordance for Bipolar Disorder
- November 2, 2009
- Joel Yager, MD
- Psychiatry
However, whether it improves outcomes remains unknown.
- Reviewing:
- Bauer MS et al. Am J Psychiatry 2009 Oct 1
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Implications of Comorbid Anxiety for Prognosis of Bipolar Disorder
- November 2, 2009
- Joel Yager, MD
- Psychiatry
Anxiety adds to risks for subsequent depression in bipolar patients.
- Reviewing:
- Coryell W et al. Am J Psychiatry 2009 Oct 1
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Varenicline Use and Risk for Self-Harm and Suicide
- October 27, 2009
- Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP
- General Medicine
Patients who received varenicline, bupropion, or nicotine replacement all had similar risks.
- Reviewing:
- Gunnell D et al. BMJ 2009 Oct 1; 339:b3805
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Psychological Health in Central Hypersomnias: The French Harmony Study
- October 27, 2009
- Demetrios A. Julius, MD
- Neurology
An ambitious and impressive study of central hypersomnias — including cataplectic narcolepsy, narcolepsy without cataplexy, and idiopathic hypersomnia — helps to clarify the associations of these entities with each other, with depressive symptomatology, and with treatment response.
- Reviewing:
- Dauvilliers Y et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2009 Jun; 80:636
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Treating Depressed Cardiac Patients? Omega-3s Don't Help the Depression
- October 26, 2009
- Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
- Psychiatry
Omega-3 fatty acids do not appear to augment the effects of sertraline in depressed patients with cardiac disease.
- Reviewing:
- Carney RM et al. JAMA 2009 Oct 21; 302:1651
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Depression Is Bad for Your Heart
- October 26, 2009
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
And attaining remission significantly improves mortality risk in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
- Reviewing:
- Glassman AH et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2009 Sep; 66:1022
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Genetic Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- October 26, 2009
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
A genetic study finds strong connections between PTSD and genes that regulate activity in the glucocorticoid receptor.
- Reviewing:
- Yehuda R et al. Biol Psychiatry 2009 Oct 1; 66:708
