Ainamani, Herbert E Bamwerinde, Wilson M Rukundo, Godfrey Z Tumwesigire, Sam Kalibwani, Rebecca M Bikaitwaho, Evard M Tsai, Alexander C
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Preventive medicine reports
Evidence from high-income settings suggests that gardening is associated with reductions in depression, anxiety, and stress. The benefits of gardening are less well understood by mental health practitioners and researchers from low- and middle-income countries. Our study estimated the association between participation in gardening and symptoms of d...
Badellino, Héctor Gobbo, María Emilia Torres, Eduardo Aschieri, María Emilia
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The International journal of social psychiatry
On March 20 2020, the Argentine Ministry of Health enforced a mandatory quarantine throughout the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The object of this study is to determine the initial impact on mental health of Argentine population, by measuring the prevalence of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and self-perceived stress and by determini...
Roy, Adrija Singh, Arvind Kumar Mishra, Shree Chinnadurai, Aravinda Mitra, Arun Bakshi, Ojaswini
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The International journal of social psychiatry
Mental health concerns and treatment usually take a backseat when the limited resources are geared for pandemic containment. In this global humanitarian crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health issues have been reported from all over the world. In this study, we attempt to review the prevailing mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemi...
Conwell, Yeates Van Orden, Kimberly A Stone, Deborah M McIntosh, Wendy LiKamWa Messing, Susan Rowe, Jody Podgorski, Carol Kaukeinen, Kimberly A Tu, Xin
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The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
To determine whether peer companionship delivered by an aging services agency to socially-disconnected older adult primary care patients was associated with improvement in suicidal ideation depression, anxiety, and psychological connectedness. Pragmatic, nonblinded, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial comparing peer companionship, The Senio...
Liampas, Ioannis Raptopoulou, Maria Siokas, Vasileios Tsouris, Zisis Brotis, Alexandros Aloizou, Athina-Maria Dastamani, Metaxia Dardiotis, Efthimios
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Reviews in the neurosciences
Transient Global Amnesia (TGA) constitutes an enigmatic amnestic condition. In view of the admittedly limited knowledge regarding the nature of TGA, we decided to systematically review existing evidence for the generally regarded benign course of the disease. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL and PsycINFO were searched for relevant articles. Observational (...
Tsakiridis, Ioannis Dagklis, Themistoklis Mamopoulos, Apostolos Athanasiadis, Apostolos Pearson, Rebecca Papazisis, Georgios
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Journal of perinatal medicine
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health measures introduced to control it, on mental health, is largely unknown. Research conducted during past epidemics found that pregnant women are more vulnerable psychologically. The aim of this study was to investigate antenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms during this pandemic in Greece. ...
Cao, Yuming Liu, Juan Zhang, Yuanzhen Li, Yating Chen, Zhenlie Lu, Jing
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Journal of perinatal medicine
The outbreak of COVID-19 affects both physical and mental health of pregnant women. This study focuses on their psychological status, and analyzes the main factors affecting their emotions of pregnant women so as to provide guidance for psychological counseling and social intervention during epidemics. Multiple researchers distributed a questionnai...
Seiger, R Gryglewski, G Klöbl, M Kautzky, A Godbersen, G M Rischka, L Vanicek, T Hienert, M Unterholzner, J Silberbauer, L R
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The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are predominantly prescribed for people suffering from major depressive disorder. These antidepressants exert their effects by blocking the serotonin transporter (SERT), leading to increased levels of serotonin in the synaptic cleft and subsequently to an attenuation of depressive symptoms and elevati...
Iro, Chidiebere M Hamati, Rami El Mansari, Mostafa Blier, Pierre
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The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
Clinical studies have shown that the rapid antidepressant effect of the glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist ketamine generally disappears within 1 week but can be maintained by repeated administration. Preclinical studies showed that a single ketamine injection immediately increases the firing and burst activity of norepinephrine (NE...
Gupta, Tina Osborne, K Juston Mittal, Vijay A
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Schizophrenia bulletin
Individuals diagnosed with psychotic disorders exhibit abnormalities in the perception of expressive behaviors, which are linked to symptoms and visual information processing domains. Specifically, literature suggests these groups have difficulties perceiving gestures that accompany speech. While our understanding of gesture perception in psychotic...
