Current Research in Psychiatry

Depression is one of the most common comorbidities of chronic diseases including diabetes and obstructive lung diseases (emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma). Obstructive lung diseases and depression have few symptoms in common. However, they are both common in adults and associated with chronic inflammation. It is not clear if their coappearance in diabetic patients is coincidental or associated beyond that expected by chance.

Unusual presentations of disease states that have been well characterized over the years is key to ensuring the safety of patients and decreasing the overall mortality and morbidity. Patients often present with variations on classical conditions and it is key that providers be able to recognize these variations. This case study presents a 70-year-old female with a complex past medical history with variation of the classical Hakim-Adams triad of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious psychiatric illness that carries at least a four-fold increased risk of death versus aged-matched controls. However, women with AN and concurrent depression are eight times more likely to die compared to the general population and 24 times more likely to die from unnatural causes 

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has appeared as a new non-invasive antidepressant method, which implies non-convulsive focal stimulation of the brain through a time-varying magnetic field. Research indicates, that rTMS of the prefrontal cortex has a significant antidepressant effect and is associated with minimal side effects. An increasing number of scientific original works and meta-analyses have in recent years substantiated the evidence of the antidepressant effect of the method, and rTMS is today approved for the treatment of depression in an increasing number of countries all over the world.

Prenatal care for patients with cardiac disease is complex, often involving close surveillance, intensive monitoring, and peripartum interventions that can result in mother infant separation after birth. Though these experiences can be distressing for patients, little is known about postpartum depression rates in this high-risk population. Characterizing postpartum depression and identifying risk factors might inform risk reduction strategies.

The mental and emotional resources that an individual can draw upon to manage stress, solve problems, and maintain well-being. It includes cognitive abilities, emotional strength, resilience, and coping mechanisms. When psychological capacity is overwhelmed by excessive stress or demands, it can lead to a decrease in mental health, known as psychological capacity compression.

This controlled cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of different types of parentification in women with fibromyalgia (FM) compared to women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), healthy controls (HC) and women with depression or anxiety disorder (AD). The study also examined associations with maladaptive interpersonal styles (subjugation, approval seeking, self-sacrifice). 

Fluoride is a ubiquitous environmental agent widely utilized in public health for the prevention of dental caries. Despite its benefits, chronic exposure, particularly during developmental windows of heightened vulnerability, has been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. 

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a neurological disorder and one of the few potentially reversible causes of dementia and disability in older adults. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis reports that apathy occurs in roughly 69% and depression in about 30% of affected patients.