Estimating the true global burden of mental illness

D Vigo, G Thornicroft, R Atun - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2016 - thelancet.com
We argue that the global burden of mental illness is underestimated and examine the
reasons for under-estimation to identify five main causes: overlap between psychiatric and …

Synaptic plasticity and depression: new insights from stress and rapid-acting antidepressants

RS Duman, GK Aghajanian, G Sanacora, JH Krystal - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Depression is a common, devastating illness. Current pharmacotherapies help many
patients, but high rates of a partial response or no response, and the delayed onset of the …

Scaling-up treatment of depression and anxiety: a global return on investment analysis

D Chisholm, K Sweeny, P Sheehan… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Depression and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and disabling disorders,
which result not only in an enormous amount of human misery and lost health, but also lost …

The economic costs of mental disorders: Do our societies react appropriately to the burden of mental disorders?

S Trautmann, J Rehm, HU Wittchen - EMBO reports, 2016 - embopress.org
In the EU, about 165 million people are affected each year by mental disorders, mostly
anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders [1, 2]. Overall, more than 50% of the general …

A systematic review of reviews on the prevalence of anxiety disorders in adult populations

O Remes, C Brayne, R Van Der Linde… - Brain and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background A fragmented research field exists on the prevalence of anxiety disorders. Here,
we present the results of a systematic review of reviews on this topic. We included the …

Association of hormonal contraception with depression

CW Skovlund, LS Mørch, LV Kessing… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Millions of women worldwide use hormonal contraception. Despite the clinical
evidence of an influence of hormonal contraception on some women's mood, associations …

How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta‐analytic update of the evidence

P Cuijpers, IA Cristea, E Karyotaki… - World …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We report the current best estimate of the effects of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in the
treatment of major depression (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder …

Exercise as a treatment for depression: a meta-analysis adjusting for publication bias

FB Schuch, D Vancampfort, J Richards… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of exercise on depression have been a source of contentious debate. Meta-
analyses have demonstrated a range of effect sizes. Both inclusion criteria and …

Cortico-striatal-thalamic loop circuits of the salience network: a central pathway in psychiatric disease and treatment

SK Peters, K Dunlop, J Downar - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The salience network (SN) plays a central role in cognitive control by integrating sensory
input to guide attention, attend to motivationally salient stimuli and recruit appropriate …

Maltreatment in childhood substantially increases the risk of adult depression and anxiety in prospective cohort studies: systematic review, meta-analysis, and …

M Li, C D'Arcy, X Meng - Psychological medicine, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundLiterature supports a strong relationship between childhood maltreatment and
mental illness but most studies reviewed are cross-sectional and/or use recall to assess …