Peri-sleep-onset cortisol levels in children and adolescents with affective disorders.

BACKGROUND: Changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, as evidenced by patterns of cortisol secretion, have been of interest in understanding depression and anxiety disorders across the life span. Previous studies of pediatric depression have pointed to the period around sleep onset as a key time point for observing alterations in cortisol secretion associated with affective disorders. Evidence also indicates that pubertal development may influence the expression of HPA dysregulation. We hypothesized that adolescents with depression and youth with anxiety disorders exhibit elevated peri-sleep-onset cortisol. METHODS: Plasma cortisol was sampled every 20 min around sleep onset from children and adolescents with major depressive disorder (n = 116), anxiety disorders (n = 32), or no history of psychiatric disorder (control; n = 76). Sleep onset was determined by polysomnography. Classification of participants as children or adolescents was based on Tanner staging of pubertal maturation. RESULTS: Children with anxiety disorders had higher peri-sleep-onset cortisol than children with depression or control children. Adolescents with depression had marginally higher peri-sleep-onset cortisol than control adolescents and significantly higher peri-sleep-onset cortisol than children with depression. CONCLUSIONS: Depression and anxiety are associated with altered cortisol secretion around sleep onset, and these changes appear to be influenced by pubertal maturation.     

双相情感障碍抑郁相与单相抑郁发作临床分析

目的:对双相情感障碍抑郁相和单相抑郁发作进行临床分析。方法:对双相情感障碍抑郁相和单相抑郁发作患者各30例进行临床分析。结果:双相情感障碍抑郁相有如下特点:①发病年龄早;②女性多见;③具有“精力过盛”性人格;④一级亲属中有双相障碍的家族史;⑤症状多为非典型抑郁发作或伴有精神病性症状。结论:如首次抑郁发作的症状符合以上特点,则可能以后发展为双相情感障碍,应使用足量心境稳定剂,谨慎使用抗抑郁剂,以免转为躁狂发作。     

文拉法辛和氯米帕明治疗老年抑郁症对照研究

目的:比较文拉法辛和氯米帕明对老年抑郁症的疗效和不良反应。方法:70例老年抑郁症患者随机分为两组,分别用文拉法辛和氯米帕明治疗,疗程6周。采用汉密尔顿抑郁量表(HAMD)、临床疗效总评量表(CGI)和副反应量表(TESS)评定疗效和不良反应。结果:文拉法辛和氯米帕明治疗老年抑郁症疗效相似,但文拉法辛比氯米帕明见效快,不良反应轻,疗效指数好于氯米帕明(P<0.05)。结论:文拉法辛是一种安全有效、见效快、不良反应轻的治疗老年抑郁症的药物。     

综合性医院抑郁症的特点及疗效分析

目的:了解综合性医院神经内科门诊抑郁症的临床特点及抗抑郁治疗的临床疗效.方法:对46例抑郁症患者的临床特点进行研究分析,同时对其中24例患者给予帕罗西汀治疗,对汉密尔顿抑郁评定表(HAMD)的平均总分数、汉密尔顿4因子及临床总体印象量表(CGI)评分在治疗前后进行比较.结果:46例抑郁症患者均以不同程度的躯体症状为主诉,临床表现多种多样,可涉及全身各系统;其中24例抑郁症患者给予帕罗西汀治疗后,汉密尔顿抑郁评定表的平均总分数、汉密尔顿4因子及临床总体印象量表评分分数在治疗后较治疗前显著减少(P＜0.01).结论:了解抑郁症患者躯体症状的临床特点,对于抑郁症的诊断和治疗至关重要.帕罗西汀对抑郁症患者具有明显的抗焦虑作用及早期改善睡眠的作用且整体抗抑郁疗效好.     

Brain serotonin transporter binding in non-depressed patients with Parkinson's disease

Early post-mortem data suggest that damage to brain serotonin neurones might play a role in some features (e.g., depression) of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, it is not known whether such damage is a typical characteristic of living patients with PD or whether the changes are regionally widespread. To address this question we measured, by positron emission tomography imaging, levels of the brain serotonin transporter (SERT), a marker for serotonin neurones, as inferred from binding of [¹¹C]-3-amino-4-(2-dimethylaminomethyl-phenylsulfanyl)-benzonitrile (DASB), a second generation SERT radioligand, in subcortical and cerebral cortical brain areas of clinically advanced non-depressed (confirmed by structured psychiatric interview) patients with PD. SERT binding levels in PD were lower than those in controls in all examined brain areas, with the changes statistically significant in orbitofrontal cortex (−22%), caudate (−30%), putamen (−26%), and midbrain (−29%). However, only a slight non-significant reduction (−7%) was observed in dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex, an area implicated in major depression. Our imaging data suggests that a modest, regionally widespread loss of brain serotonergic innervation might be a common feature of advanced PD. Further investigation will be required to establish whether SERT binding is more or less decreased in those patients with PD who also have major depressive disorder.     

慢性乙型肝炎肝郁脾虚证的logistic回归及判别分析

目的归纳慢性乙型肝炎肝郁脾虚证的辨证要点。方法对慢性乙型肝炎肝郁脾虚证、肝郁证、脾虚证的症状及舌、脉进行logistic回归及判别分析。结果肝郁脾虚证logistic回归提取的症状为腹胀、倦怠乏力、腹痛、食欲不振、紧脉、便溏、胁肋疼痛、胁肋不适；判别方程包含的症状则为腹痛、腹胀、倦怠乏力、便溏、黄苔。结论肝郁脾虚证的辨证要点包括胁肋疼痛或不适、腹胀、腹痛、乏力、食欲不振、便溏。利用logistic回归和判别分析归纳本证诊断要点是可行的。     

脑缺血后抑郁大鼠皮层及海马IP3表达及中药的干预作用

目的：从磷脂酰肌醇（PI）信号传导通路上重要调节因子IP3的角度，探讨脑缺血后抑郁模型磷脂酰肌醇（PI）信号传导通路的变化及中药颐脑解郁方的干预作用。方法：在脑缺血后抑郁模型上，采用AlphaScreen受体竞争机制，观察脑缺血后抑郁大鼠前额叶皮层、海马IP3含量的变化及中药颐脑解郁方的干预作用。结果：脑缺血后抑郁模型大鼠皮层及海马IP3含量明显高于正常组，模型组IP3的含量明显高于治疗组。结论：脑缺血后抑郁模型大鼠脑皮层及海马IR含量增加，中药颐脑解郁方能使之明显下调，提示脑缺血后抑郁IPl含量增加，颐脑解郁方的抗抑郁作用可能与调节受体后PI信号通路有关。     

通过健康教育降低AECOPD患者的抑郁、焦虑症状

目的：通过健康教育干预AECOPD患者,探索一种科学合理的老年AECOPD全程健康教育模式。方法：选择年龄60岁以上AECOPD患者30例,进行健康教育,宣讲AECOPD知识,教育前后用量表及问卷来评定。结果：治疗依从性提高90.3%,抑郁、焦虑的症状减轻30%以上。结论：通过对患者及家属进行健康教育,可以提高患者依从性、保健意识、缩短住院时间,同时,对提高综和医院临床医生对老年AECOPD患者心理问题的早期识别有重要意义。     

Genetic variation in serotonin transporter alters resting brain function in healthy individuals.

BACKGROUND: Perfusion functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to investigate the effect of genetic variation of the human serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene (5-HTTLPR, SLC6A4) on resting brain function of healthy individuals. METHODS: Twenty-six healthy subjects, half homozygous for the 5-HTTLPR short allele (s/s group) and half homozygous for the long allele (l/l group), underwent perfusion functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging during a resting state. The two genotype groups had no psychiatric illness and were similar in age, gender, and personality scores. RESULTS: Compared with the l/l group, the s/s group showed significantly increased resting cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the amygdala and decreased CBF in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. The effect of functional modulation in these regions by 5-HTTLPR genotype cannot be accounted for by variations in brain anatomy, personality, or self-reported mood. CONCLUSIONS: The 5-HTTLPR genotype alters resting brain function in emotion-related regions in healthy individuals, including the amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Such alterations suggest a broad role of the 5-HTT gene in brain function that may be associated with the genetic susceptibility for mood disorders such as depression.