Major depressive disorder

W Marx, BWJH Penninx, M Solmi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of
interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, recurrent thoughts of death, and …

Global prevalence of depression in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological surveys

H Cai, Y Jin, R Liu, Q Zhang, Z Su, GS Ungvari… - Asian journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The reported prevalence of depressive symptoms (depression hereafter)
among older adults varied widely across different studies. This was a meta-analysis to …

Association of inflammation with depression and anxiety: evidence for symptom-specificity and potential causality from UK Biobank and NESDA cohorts

Y Milaneschi, N Kappelmann, Z Ye, F Lamers… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
We examined whether inflammation is uniformly associated with all depressive and anxiety
symptoms, and whether these associations are potentially causal. Data was from 147,478 …

A role of gut–microbiota–brain axis via subdiaphragmatic vagus nerve in depression-like phenotypes in Chrna7 knock-out mice

Y Yang, A Eguchi, X Wan, L Chang, X Wang… - Progress in Neuro …, 2023 - Elsevier
The α7 subtype of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7 nAChR: coded by Chrna7) is
known to regulate the cholinergic ascending anti-inflammatory pathway. We previously …

Inflammation and depression in young people: a systematic review and proposed inflammatory pathways

YJ Toenders, L Laskaris, CG Davey, M Berk… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Depression onset peaks during adolescence and young adulthood. Current treatments are
only moderately effective, driving the search for novel pathophysiological mechanisms …

Inflammation, stress and depression: an exploration of ketamine's therapeutic profile

JN Johnston, MS Greenwald, ID Henter, C Kraus… - Drug Discovery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Chronic stress, depression and inflammation have been consistently
linked.•Stress-induced inflammatory states can contribute to treatment resistance.•Ketamine …

The immune profile of major dysmood disorder: proof of concept and mechanism using the precision nomothetic psychiatry approach

M Maes, M Rachayon, K Jirakran, P Sodsai… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Major depressive disorder and a major depressive episode (MDD/MDE) are characterized
by activation of the immune-inflammatory response system (IRS) and the compensatory …

Aiding and abetting anhedonia: impact of inflammation on the brain and pharmacological implications

MJ Lucido, M Bekhbat, DR Goldsmith… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
Exogenous administration of inflammatory stimuli to humans and laboratory animals and
chronic endogenous inflammatory states lead to motivational deficits and ultimately …

Obesity and psychological distress

A Steptoe, P Frank - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The relationship between high body weight and mental health has been studied for several
decades. Improvements in the quality of epidemiological, mechanistic and psychological …

[HTML][HTML] The future is dynamic: a call for intensive longitudinal data in immunopsychiatry

DP Moriarity, GM Slavich - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2023 - Elsevier
The long-term value of immunopsychiatry will be based on its ability to translate basic
science into effective clinical interventions. In this article, we discuss a key obstacle to …