A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the COVID-19 respiratory illness, emerged in December of 2019 and has since spread globally. The dramatic lifestyle changes and stressors associated with this pandemic pose a threat to mental health and have the potential to exacerbate risk factors for suicide. We used autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to… Continue reading Google searches for #suicide and suicide risk factors in the early stages of the #COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Psychiatry
The temporal association between incident late‐life #depression and incident #dementia
There is an established association between depression and subsequent dementia. The present study examined temporal associations between incident late‐life depression and subsequent dementia, also considering age and sex.. ..Incident depression was associated with a higher risk of subsequent dementia (incidence rate ratios (IRR) adjusted for age and sex: IRR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.51‐1.64).… Continue reading The temporal association between incident late‐life #depression and incident #dementia
Risk factors of excessive daytime #sleepiness in a prospective population‐based cohort
Although excessive daytime sleepiness is commonly evaluated in clinical and research settings using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, few studies have assessed the factors associated with its incidence in the general population. We prospectively investigated the predictors of incident and persistent excessive daytime sleepiness in 2,751 subjects (46.1% men, mean age 56.0 ± 9.8 years) from… Continue reading Risk factors of excessive daytime #sleepiness in a prospective population‐based cohort
#Sleep patterns and #insomnia in a large population‐based study of middle‐aged and older adults: The Tromsø study 2015–2016
Epidemiological studies assessing adult sleep duration have yielded inconsistent findings and there are still large variations in estimation of insomnia prevalence according to the most recent diagnostic criteria. Our objective was to describe sleep patterns in a large population of middle‐aged and older adults, by employing accurate measures of both sleep duration and insomnia. Data… Continue reading #Sleep patterns and #insomnia in a large population‐based study of middle‐aged and older adults: The Tromsø study 2015–2016
Predicting #personality from patterns of behavior collected with #smartphones
Smartphones enjoy high adoption rates around the globe. Rarely more than an arm’s length away, these sensor-rich devices can easily be repurposed to collect rich and extensive records of their users’ behaviors (e.g., location, communication, media consumption), posing serious threats to individual privacy. Here we examine the extent to which individuals’ Big Five personality dimensions… Continue reading Predicting #personality from patterns of behavior collected with #smartphones
Apathy, but not depression, predicts all-cause dementia in cerebral small vessel disease
To determine whether apathy or depression predicts all-cause dementia in small vessel disease (SVD) patients. Methods Analyses used two prospective cohort studies of SVD: St. George’s Cognition and Neuroimaging in Stroke (SCANS; n=121) and Radboud University Nijmegen Diffusion Tensor and Magnetic Resonance Cohort (RUN DMC; n=352). Multivariate Cox regressions were used to predict dementia using… Continue reading Apathy, but not depression, predicts all-cause dementia in cerebral small vessel disease
Food & mood: a review of supplementary prebiotic and probiotic interventions in the treatment of anxiety and depression in adult
A bidirectional relationship exists between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract. Foods containing bacteria that positively influence the gastrointestinal microbiome are termed, probiotics; compounds that promote the flourishing of these bacteria are termed, prebiotics. Whether microbiome influencing therapies could treat psychiatric conditions, including depression and anxiety, is an area of interest. Presently, no established consensus… Continue reading Food & mood: a review of supplementary prebiotic and probiotic interventions in the treatment of anxiety and depression in adult
Psychotherapy for Depression Across Different Age Groups: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
..After removing duplicates, 16 756 records were screened and 2608 full-text articles were screened. Of these, 366 trials (36 702 patients) with 453 comparisons between a therapy and a control condition were included in the qualitative analysis, including 13 (3.6%) in children (13 years and younger), 24 (6.6%) in adolescents (≥13 to 18 years), 19 (5.2%) in… Continue reading Psychotherapy for Depression Across Different Age Groups: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
#Acne vulgaris and risk of #depression and #anxiety: A meta-analytic review
Several studies have shown an association of acne vulgaris with depression and anxiety, but a quantitative review has not yet been conducted.. Forty-two studies were included. We found a significant association of acne vulgaris with depression ( r = 0.22 [95% confidence interval 0.17-0.26, P < .00001]) and anxiety ( r = 0.25 [95% confidence… Continue reading #Acne vulgaris and risk of #depression and #anxiety: A meta-analytic review
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