Agitation is a state of restlessness and excessive psychomotor activity accompanied by
anxiety, irritability, and impaired impulse control. Despite that agitation is a particularly …

Objective Agitation is a challenging clinical feature in severe mental disorders, but its
biological correlates are largely unknown. Inflammasome-related abnormalities have been …

Background Impulsivity is a transdiagnostic feature linked to severe clinical expression and
a potential target for psychopharmacological strategies. Biological underpinnings are largely …

Several psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,
Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, autism, and posttraumatic stress disorder, are …

Background Different psychiatric diagnostic groups have been reported to have cytokine
levels deviating from healthy controls. In acute clinical settings however, the specific …

Background Individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) experience cognitive and affective
processing deficits that often persist beyond the remission of acute mood symptoms. One …

Alterations in the immune system have been associated with a variety of mental illnesses.
An increase in circulating inflammatory cytokines is observed not only in people with mental …

Although depression with anxious distress appears to be a clinically relevant subtype of
major depressive disorder (MDD), whether it involves specific pathophysiology remains …

Objective Several studies have investigated possible biological correlates of mental
disorders. Although some studies have consistently reported elevated levels of serum …

Although accumulating evidence suggests that inflammatory processes play a role in the
pathophysiology of mental disorders, few studies have investigated this matter in panic …