depressive disorders are more common among persons with chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and anti-inflammatory effect of some antidepressants such as amitriptyline has been reported. acetic acid colitis was induced in both reserpinised (depressed) and non-reserpinised (normal) rats. reserpinised groups received reserpine (6 mg/kg, i.p.) one hour prior to colitis induction. th...

objective: numerous iranian veterans who took part in iraq-iran war have developed post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). several studies demonstrated changes in serum lipid concentrations in chronic ptsd (cptsd) patients. the purpose of this study was to assess serum lipid concentrations in soldiers with cptsd and compare it with serum lipid concentrations in patients with chronic mdd (cmdd). ...

background :5httlpr polymorphism (5- hydroxytryptamine transporter linked promoter region polymorphism) is the most widely studied genetic variant in psychiatry. the present study is a modest effort at ascertaining the role of 5ht transporter linked promoter region polymorphism (5httlpr) in anxiety and depressive disorders in kashmir (india).the aim of this study was to examine 5-hydroxy trypta...

conclusions the initial assumption of a relationship between vitamin d and high prevalence of seasonal affective disorder in winter was based on the high prevalence of depression on high latitudes. although some studies have shown an association between depression and vitamin d deficiency, it still cannot be indisputably concluded that augmenting the levels of vitamin d alone alleviate depressi...

overweight/obesity and depression are common among women especially in the elderly and can lead to unfavorable outcomes. we aimed to determine the association of overweight with depression and also to find any correlation of depression with some anthropometric indices in old women. a total of 94 depressed elderly women were compared with 99 non-depressed controls. the structured diagnostic inte...

bipolar spectrum disorders may often go undiagnosed or unrecognized. the aim of this study was to determine the proportion of bipolar disorder symptoms in iranian patients with a major depressive episode.313 patients with a current dsm-iv-tr (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 4th ed. text rev.) diagnosed with a major depressive episode entered this cross-sectional study. thi...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of compassionate mind training (cmt) on symptoms of depression and anxiety in iranian depressed sufferers . method: nineteen depressed patients aged 20 to 40 (beck depression inventory value≥20) were randomly assigned into two groups. the experimental group participated in 12 sessions of group therapy based on paul gilbert’s ...

objective: to study the prevalence and demographic characteristics of mood disorders among iranian adults. method: in this cross-sectional population-based epidemiological study (age > 18) in iran, 25180 individuals were selected through a randomized cluster sampling method for a diagnosis using the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia (sads). they were then interviewed at home by...

  Background :5HTTLPR polymorphism (5- Hydroxytryptamine transporter linked promoter region polymorphism) is the most widely studied genetic variant in psychiatry. The present study is a modest effort at ascertaining the role of 5HT transporter linked promoter region polymorphism (5HTTLPR) in anxiety and depressive disorders in Kashmir (India).The aim of this study was to examine 5-Hydroxy tryp...