European Neuropsychopharmacology
April 1, 2025
Eduard Vieta, Nahida Ahmed, Celso Arango et al.
12 citations
Patients with treatment resistant depression (TRD) experience a greater negative impact on their functioning and productivity at home and in the workplace versus treatment-responsive patients. Here, we report the effects of esketamine nasal spray (NS) versus quetiapine extended release (XR) on functioning, work productivity and activity impairment. ESCAPE‑TRD (NCT04338321) was a 32-week...
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
April 1, 2025
Stefania Chiappini, Gaia Sampogna, Antonio Ventriglio et al.
17 citations
The phenomenology of depression is characterized by a wide array of emotional, cognitive, and physical symptoms that significantly disrupt an individual's life. Societal changes, driven by technological advancements, economic pressures, environmental concerns including climate change, and shifting cultural norms, have influenced how depression manifests and is understood. These developments...
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
April 1, 2025
Asif Seraj, Mohammed Reyazuddin, R K Gaur et al.
11 citations
The simplest, most convenient, and least expensive way to treat depressed and suicidal patients with ketamine is to administer racemic ketamine by the oral route. We describe the first active-controlled randomized clinical trial of oral racemic ketamine for suicidal ideation associated with depression. Adult patients with major depressive disorder and expressed suicidal ideation were randomized...
Journal of Psychiatric Research
April 1, 2025
Kristian Elersič, Anamarija Banjac, Marko Živin et al.
3 citations
Ketamine, a fast-acting antidepressant, is a racemic mixture, composed of equal amounts of R- and S-ketamine. Preclinical studies are comparing them to better understand their role in therapeutic and undesirable effects. An important research gap is that studies do not use long clinically relevant protocols to compare the desired and undesired effects of ketamine enantiomers in modeled and...
Journal of clinical anesthesia
April 1, 2025
Qingfeng Wei, Mengmeng Li, Qiuling Du et al.
10 citations
To determine whether intraoperative low-dose esketamine ameliorates depression in women having breast cancer surgery. A prospective single-center double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. Perioperative period, operating room, post anesthesia care unit and hospital ward. 108 women 18-65 years old who were scheduled for elective breast cancer surgery. All had preoperative depressive...
FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
April 1, 2025
Sophie I Elliott, Rachel B. Katz, Robert Ostroff et al.
2 citations
The effective treatment of major depressive disorder remains one of the biggest public health challenges globally. For moderate to severe cases, pharmacotherapy often falls short, leading to treatment-resistant depression. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has generally been considered the gold standard for severe cases of treatment-resistant depression. However, emerging evidence suggests that...
Journal of personality disorders
April 1, 2025
Albert Yeung, Michael Alpert, David Mischoulon
3 citations
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition characterized by a pervasive pattern of impulsivity, affective dysregulation, and cognitive-perceptual symptoms. Treatment of BPD remains a significant challenge to mental health clinicians. People who suffer from BPD frequently have comorbid psychiatric disorders, which makes treatment more complex. This case study describes a...
Cureus
April 1, 2025
Zach Papadopoulos
1 citation
Depression is a common yet potentially debilitating mood disorder with complex neurobiological underpinnings, including deficiencies in monoaminergic and glutamatergic signaling, overactivity of the lateral habenula, and dysregulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling. Ketamine has emerged as a mechanistically novel, effective, and rapidly acting antidepressant. Ketamine's...
Cureus
April 1, 2025
Ciara Mimms, Kassandra Sotelo, Abdul Saboor Khaliq
1 citation
This systematic review explores the comparative efficacy and functional outcomes of psychedelic-assisted therapies in the management of treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a comprehensive literature search was conducted across PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science for randomized controlled...
Jurnal Kesehatan
March 31, 2025
Helena Patricia, Sharifah Munirah Syed Elias, Noor Azizah Binti Mohd Ali et al.
The worldwide population of older people is rising rapidly, with projections suggesting that by 2050, persons aged 60 and over will represent 22% of the entire population. Age-related outcomes are significantly exacerbated by frailty, susceptibility, and an elevated risk of depression. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has become a feasible therapeutic approach, integrating cognitive...