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A framework for assessment of adverse events occurring in psychedelic-assisted therapies. 迷幻辅助疗法不良事件评估框架。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241265756
Roman Palitsky, Deanna M Kaplan, John Perna, Zachary Bosshardt, Jessica L Maples-Keller, Holly F Levin-Aspenson, Ali John Zarrabi, Caroline Peacock, Tanja Mletzko, Barbara O Rothbaum, Charles L Raison, George H Grant, Boadie W Dunlop
{"title":"A framework for assessment of adverse events occurring in psychedelic-assisted therapies.","authors":"Roman Palitsky, Deanna M Kaplan, John Perna, Zachary Bosshardt, Jessica L Maples-Keller, Holly F Levin-Aspenson, Ali John Zarrabi, Caroline Peacock, Tanja Mletzko, Barbara O Rothbaum, Charles L Raison, George H Grant, Boadie W Dunlop","doi":"10.1177/02698811241265756","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241265756","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Despite considerable research examining the efficacy of psychedelic-assisted therapies (PATs) for treating psychiatric disorders, assessment of adverse events (AEs) in PAT research has lagged. Current AE reporting standards in PAT trials are poorly calibrated to features of PAT that distinguish it from other treatments, leaving many potential AEs unassessed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multidisciplinary working group of experts involved in PAT pooled formally and informally documented AEs observed through research experience and published literature. This information was integrated with (a) current standards and practices for AE reporting in pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy trials and (b) published findings documenting post-acute dosing impacts of psychedelics on subjective states, meaning, and psychosocial health variables, to produce a set of AE constructs important to evaluate in PAT as well as recommended methods and time frames for their assessment and monitoring. Correspondence between identified potential AEs and current standards for AE assessment was examined, including the extent of coverage of identified AE constructs by 25 existing measures used in relevant research.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-four potential AE terms warranting systematized assessment in PAT were identified, defined, and categorized. Existing measures demonstrated substantial gaps in their coverage of identified AE constructs. Recommendations were developed for how to assess PAT AEs (including patient, clinician, and informant reports), and when to assess over preparation, dosing session, integration, and follow-up. Application of this framework is demonstrated in a preliminary assessment protocol (available in the supplement).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This assessment framework addresses the need to capture post-acute dosing AEs in PAT, accounting for its pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy components, as well as documented impacts of psychedelics on worldviews and spirituality.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"690-700"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Acute methamphetamine and alcohol usage alters gaze behaviour during driving: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. 急性甲基苯丙胺和酒精使用会改变驾驶时的注视行为:一项随机、双盲、安慰剂对照研究。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-28 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241261024
Amie C Hayley, Brook Shiferaw, Blair Aitken, Joanna Rositano, Luke A Downey
{"title":"Acute methamphetamine and alcohol usage alters gaze behaviour during driving: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.","authors":"Amie C Hayley, Brook Shiferaw, Blair Aitken, Joanna Rositano, Luke A Downey","doi":"10.1177/02698811241261024","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241261024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Methamphetamine is frequently co-consumed with alcohol, yet combined effects on visually guided behaviours have not been experimentally assessed. This study examined whether methamphetamine and alcohol-induced changes in gaze behaviour can be accurately detected and indexed during a simulated driving task to establish characteristic patterns relevant to traffic safety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a randomised, placebo-controlled, cross-over study design, the effects of acute oral methamphetamine (0.42 mg/kg) were assessed with and without low doses of alcohol (target 0.04% blood alcohol content) on gaze behaviour during driving. Twenty healthy adults (mean age 29.5 years (SD ± 4.9), 40% female) completed four, 1-h simulated drives with simultaneous eye monitoring using the SensoMotoric Instruments cap-mounted eye tracker over a 4-week experimental paradigm. Gaze entropy measures were used to quantify visual scanning efficiency, expressed as gaze transition entropy and stationary gaze entropy. Fixations, recorded as duration (milliseconds, ms) and rate (count) per minute, were examined in 10-min bins over the duration of the drive. Driving performance was assessed by the standard deviation of lateral position, standard deviation of speed and steering variability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Methamphetamine increased the rate and duration of fixations and produced a less dispersed but more disorganised pattern of gaze during highway driving while preserving performance. Alcohol alone impaired both oculomotor control and driving performance, even when consumed at levels well below the legal limit stipulated in many international jurisdictions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Methamphetamine-affected drivers display inefficient exploration in a limited visual range during driving. Eye-tracking metrics thus show potential for indexing intoxication due to psychoactive substance usage.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"636-646"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11290035/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141788427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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No evidence that post-training dopamine D2 receptor agonism affects fear generalization in male rats. 没有证据表明训练后多巴胺 D2 受体激动会影响雄性大鼠的恐惧泛化。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-28 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241261375
Natalie Schroyens, Laura Vercammen, Burcu Özcan, Victoria Aurora Ossorio Salazar, Jonas Zaman, Dimitri De Bundel, Tom Beckers, Laura Luyten
{"title":"No evidence that post-training dopamine D2 receptor agonism affects fear generalization in male rats.","authors":"Natalie Schroyens, Laura Vercammen, Burcu Özcan, Victoria Aurora Ossorio Salazar, Jonas Zaman, Dimitri De Bundel, Tom Beckers, Laura Luyten","doi":"10.1177/02698811241261375","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241261375","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The neurotransmitter dopamine plays an important role in the processing of emotional memories, and prior research suggests that dopaminergic manipulations immediately after fear learning can affect the retention and generalization of acquired fear.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The current study focuses specifically on the role of dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs) regarding fear generalization in adult, male Wistar rats, and aims to replicate previous findings in mice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a series of five experiments, D2R (ant)agonists were injected systemically, immediately after differential cued fear conditioning (CS+ followed by shock, CS- without shock). All five experiments involved the administration of the D2R agonist quinpirole at different doses versus saline (<i>n</i> = 12, 16, or 44 rats/group). In addition, one of the studies administered the D2R antagonist raclopride (<i>n</i> = 12). One day later, freezing during the CS+ and CS- was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found no indications for an effect of quinpirole or raclopride on fear generalization during this drug-free test. Importantly, and contradicting earlier research in mice, the evidence for the absence of an effect of D2R agonist quinpirole (1 mg/kg) on fear generalization was substantial according to Bayesian analyses and was observed in a highly powered experiment (<i>N</i> = 87). We did find acute behavioral effects in line with the literature, for both quinpirole and raclopride in a locomotor activity test.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In contrast with prior studies in mice, we have obtained evidence against a preventative effect of post-training D2R agonist quinpirole administration on subsequent fear generalization in rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"672-682"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7616352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141788429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effectiveness of vortioxetine in elderly patients with major depressive disorder in real-world clinical practice: Results from the RELIEVE study. 在实际临床实践中,伏替西汀对老年重度抑郁症患者的疗效:RELIEVE研究的结果。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241260996
M Di Nicola, M Adair, A Rieckmann, Cronquist Christensen M
{"title":"Effectiveness of vortioxetine in elderly patients with major depressive disorder in real-world clinical practice: Results from the RELIEVE study.","authors":"M Di Nicola, M Adair, A Rieckmann, Cronquist Christensen M","doi":"10.1177/02698811241260996","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241260996","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Data demonstrating the real-world, long-term effectiveness of vortioxetine in elderly patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) are clinically useful to confirm findings from randomized trials.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>RELIEVE was a multinational, 24-week, observational, prospective study in outpatients with MDD initiating vortioxetine treatment in routine care settings (NCT03555136). Here, we report data from a subgroup of 130 patients aged ⩾ 65 years. The primary study outcome was changed from baseline in patient functioning assessed using the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS). Other clinical outcomes included depression severity (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] and Clinical Global Impressions-Severity [CGI-S]), cognitive performance (Digit Symbol Substitution Test [DSST]) and symptoms (Perceived Deficits Questionnaire - Depression-5 item [PDQ-D-5]), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (EuroQoL 5 Dimensions 5 Levels [EQ-5D-5L]).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in patient functioning, depressive symptoms, cognitive function, and HRQoL were observed at week 24. Least squares mean SDS, PHQ-9, CGI-S, PDQ-D-5, DSST, and EQ-5D-5L scores improved from baseline by 6.5, 5.7, 1.2, 3.2, 4.4, and 0.11 points, respectively (<i>p</i> < 0.01 for all). Adverse events were observed in 23.1% of patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Consistent with previous clinical studies of vortioxetine, this study supports the effectiveness and safety of vortioxetine in treating elderly patients with MDD in a real-world setting over a 6-month period. Patients showed clinically relevant and sustained improvements in psychosocial functioning, depressive symptoms, and cognitive function after receiving vortioxetine, which was generally well tolerated. Main study limitations include the open-label study design and lack of a placebo or comparator group.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":"38 7","pages":"615-623"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11290038/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141792684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Three paradoxes related to the mode of action of pramipexole: The path from D2/D3 dopamine receptor stimulation to modification of dopamine-modulated functions. 与普拉克索作用模式有关的三个悖论:从刺激D2/D3多巴胺受体到改变多巴胺调节功能的途径。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241261022
Elemer Szabadi
{"title":"Three paradoxes related to the mode of action of pramipexole: The path from D2/D3 dopamine receptor stimulation to modification of dopamine-modulated functions.","authors":"Elemer Szabadi","doi":"10.1177/02698811241261022","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241261022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pramipexole, a D2/D3 dopamine receptor agonist, is used to treat the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, caused by degeneration of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway. There are three paradoxes associated with its mode of action. Firstly, stimulation of D2/D3 receptors leads to neuronal inhibition, although pramipexole does not inhibit but promotes some dopamine-modulated functions, such as locomotion and reinforcement. Secondly, another dopamine-modulated function, arousal, is not promoted but inhibited by pramipexole, leading to sedation. Thirdly, pramipexole-evoked sedation is associated with an increase in pupil diameter, although sedation is expected to cause pupil constriction. To resolve these paradoxes, the path from stimulation of D2/D3 receptors to the modification of dopamine-modulated functions has been tracked. The functions considered are modulated by midbrain dopaminergic nuclei: locomotion - substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), reinforcement/motivation - ventral tegmental area (VTA), sympathetic activity (as reflected in pupil function) - VTA; arousal - ventral periaqueductal grey (vPAG), with contributions from VTA and SNc. The application of genetics-based molecular techniques (optogenetics and chemogenetics) has enabled tracing the chains of neurones from the dopaminergic nuclei to their final targets executing the functions. The functional neuronal circuits linked to the D2/D3 receptors in the dorsal and ventral striata, stimulated by inputs from SNc and VTA, respectively, may explain how neuronal inhibition induced by pramipexole is translated into the promotion of locomotion, reinforcement/motivation and sympathetic activity. As the vPAG may increase arousal mainly by stimulating cortical D1 dopamine receptors, pramipexole would stimulate only presynaptic D2/D3 receptors on vPAG neurones, curtailing their activity and leading to sedation.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"581-596"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141748399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The 5-HT1A receptor biased agonists, NLX-204 and NLX-101, like ketamine, elicit rapid-acting antidepressant activity in the rat chronic mild stress model via cortical mechanisms. 5-HT1A受体偏向激动剂NLX-204和NLX-101与氯胺酮一样,可通过大脑皮层机制在大鼠慢性轻度应激模型中激发快速起效的抗抑郁活性。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241254832
Mariusz Papp, Piotr Gruca, Ewa Litwa, Magdalena Lason, Adrian Newman-Tancredi, Ronan Depoortère
{"title":"The 5-HT1A receptor biased agonists, NLX-204 and NLX-101, like ketamine, elicit rapid-acting antidepressant activity in the rat chronic mild stress model via cortical mechanisms.","authors":"Mariusz Papp, Piotr Gruca, Ewa Litwa, Magdalena Lason, Adrian Newman-Tancredi, Ronan Depoortère","doi":"10.1177/02698811241254832","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241254832","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The highly selective 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> serotonin receptor \"biased\" agonists NLX-101 and NLX-204 display, like ketamine, potent and efficacious rapid-acting antidepressant (RAAD) activity in the rat chronic mild stress (CMS) model with systemic (i.p.) administration. They rapidly (within 1 day) reverse anhedonia (i.e., CMS-induced sucrose consumption deficit), attenuate working memory deficit (novel object recognition: NOR), and decrease anxiety behavior in the elevated-plus maze (EPM).</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>Here, we sought to explore the contribution of prefrontal cortex (PFC) 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptor activation in the RAAD activity of NLX compounds.</p><p><strong>Results/outcomes: </strong>In male Wistar rats, unilateral PFC microinjections of NLX-204 and NLX-101 (16 µg), like ketamine (10 µg), reproduced the effects of their systemic administration: they reversed CMS-induced sucrose consumption deficit, attenuated anxiety (EPM), and reduced working memory deficits (NOR). In addition, unilateral PFC microinjections of the selective 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> antagonist, WAY-100,635 (2 µg), attenuated the beneficial effects of systemic NLX-204 and NLX-101 (0.16 mg/kg i.p.) in the sucrose intake and NOR models, indicating that these compounds exert their RAAD activity specifically through activation of PFC 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions/interpretation: </strong>These data indicate that 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptor biased agonists share with ketamine a common neuroanatomical site for RAAD activity, which can be obtained not only by targeting glutamatergic/NMDA neurotransmission (ketamine's primary mechanism of action) but also by activating 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptors, as is the case for the NLX compounds. The present observations also reinforce the notion that biased agonism at 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptors constitutes a promising strategy to achieve RAAD effects, with additional benefits against cognitive deficits and anxiety in depressed patients, without ketamine's troublesome side effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"661-671"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141200248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pivotal role of orexin signaling in the posterior paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus during the stress-induced reinstatement of oxycodone-seeking behavior. 丘脑后室旁核的奥曲肽信号在应激诱导的寻求羟考酮行为恢复过程中发挥关键作用
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241260989
Jessica M Illenberger, Francisco J Flores-Ramirez, Glenn Pascasio, Marissa Franco, Brandon Mendonsa, Rémi Martin-Fardon
{"title":"Pivotal role of orexin signaling in the posterior paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus during the stress-induced reinstatement of oxycodone-seeking behavior.","authors":"Jessica M Illenberger, Francisco J Flores-Ramirez, Glenn Pascasio, Marissa Franco, Brandon Mendonsa, Rémi Martin-Fardon","doi":"10.1177/02698811241260989","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241260989","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The orexin (OX) system has received increasing interest as a potential target for treating substance use disorder. OX transmission in the posterior paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (pPVT), an area activated by highly salient stimuli that are both reinforcing and aversive, mediates cue- and stress-induced reinstatement of reward-seeking behavior. Oral administration of suvorexant (SUV), a dual OX receptor (OXR) antagonist (DORA), selectively reduced conditioned reinstatement of oxycodone-seeking behavior and stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior in dependent rats.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study tested whether OXR blockade in the pPVT with SUV reduces oxycodone or sweetened condensed milk (SCM) seeking elicited by conditioned cues or stress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Male Wistar rats were trained to self-administer oxycodone (0.15 mg/kg, i.v., 8 h/day) or SCM (0.1 ml, 2:1 dilution [v/v], 30 min/day). After extinction, we tested the ability of intra-pPVT SUV (15 µg/0.5 µl) to prevent reinstatement of oxycodone or SCM seeking elicited by conditioned cues or footshock stress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The rats acquired oxycodone and SCM self-administration, and oxycodone intake correlated with signs of physical opioid withdrawal, confirming dependence. Following extinction, the presentation of conditioned cues or footshock elicited reinstatement of oxycodone- and SCM-seeking behavior. Intra-pPVT SUV blocked stress-induced reinstatement of oxycodone seeking but not conditioned reinstatement of oxycodone or SCM seeking or stress-induced reinstatement of SCM seeking.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results indicate that OXR signaling in the pPVT is critical for stress-induced reinstatement of oxycodone seeking, further corroborating OXRs as treatment targets for opioid use disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"647-660"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11407285/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141419550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The pseudoscience of lithium and suicide: Reanalysis of a misleading meta-analysis. 锂与自杀的伪科学:对误导性元分析的再分析。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241257833
Seyyed Nassir Ghaemi
{"title":"The pseudoscience of lithium and suicide: Reanalysis of a misleading meta-analysis.","authors":"Seyyed Nassir Ghaemi","doi":"10.1177/02698811241257833","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241257833","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>By manipulating inclusion criteria, one can prove whatever point one wishes in meta-analysis. This critique examines a recent meta-analysis claiming lithium ineffectiveness for suicidality, based on three biased features: inclusion of many large studies specifically designed to exclude suicidality, producing zero suicide outcomes in all groups (<i>n</i> = 1856), thereby artificially decreasing statistical significance; arbitrary exclusion of all trials prior to the year 2000, thereby excluding two randomized clinical trials which demonstrated benefit for lithium; and underreporting of placebo suicide events in a recent randomized trial. It thereby created a smaller effect size (two suicides with lithium versus five with placebo = RR = 0.42), though still beneficial for lithium, and a larger denominator of no events (total <i>n</i> for included studies = 2578), leading to the claim of statistical non-significance (95% confidence intervals (CIs) 0.1-4.5). The same literature can be analyzed including the two excluded older studies, and including the two placebo deaths in the recent trial, producing a larger effect size (two suicides with lithium versus nine with placebo, RR = 0.25). Furthermore, uninformative studies with no events could be excluded (total <i>n</i> for included studies = 1203), as is standard practice in meta-analysis, producing statistically significant results (95% CIs 0.05, 0.83). This more complete, more accurate, and less biased meta-analysis is provided in this article.In short, including all studies with non-zero suicide outcomes, there is clear benefit for lithium. The recent meta-analysis is a classic example of pseudoscience, using scientific technique superficially to confirm, rather than refute, one's own opinions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"597-603"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141306182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Severe neutropenia unrelated to clozapine in patients receiving clozapine. 接受氯氮平治疗的患者出现与氯氮平无关的严重中性粒细胞减少症。
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241262767
David Taylor, Kalliopi Vallianatou, Shreyans Gandhi, Cecilia Casetta, Oliver Howes, James MacCabe
{"title":"Severe neutropenia unrelated to clozapine in patients receiving clozapine.","authors":"David Taylor, Kalliopi Vallianatou, Shreyans Gandhi, Cecilia Casetta, Oliver Howes, James MacCabe","doi":"10.1177/02698811241262767","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02698811241262767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Clozapine is known to cause agranulocytosis. Mandatory monitoring schemes are aimed at reducing the risk of agranulocytosis and of the consequences of agranulocytosis. All cases of agranulocytosis occurring in people prescribed clozapine are assumed to be caused by clozapine.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a previous study, we examined a cohort of patients listed on our hospital database as having had clozapine-induced agranulocytosis and applied specific criteria to identify those with confirmed clozapine-related, life-threatening agranulocytosis. In this study, we examine the cases not meeting these specific criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the original study, 9 of 23 cases met the criteria for clozapine-induced, life-threatening agranulocytosis. Of the 13 remaining cases for whom data were available, 5 were probably caused by clozapine but were not life-threatening. Three cases were the result of concomitant cancer chemotherapy. Three were anomalous results probably related to measurement error. For the remaining two cases, the cause was not identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Not all cases of agranulocytosis occurring in people taking clozapine are caused by clozapine. The widely used threshold criterion-based diagnosis overestimates the risk of agranulocytosis. True clozapine-related agranulocytosis is best identified by pattern-based criteria: rapid fall in neutrophil counts over around 2 weeks to below 0.5 × 109/L for two consecutive days (unless clozapine is stopped very early or granulocyte colony stimulating factor is given) where other possible causes (benign ethnic neutropenia, cancer chemotherapy) can be ruled out.</p>","PeriodicalId":16892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"624-635"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141748398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effects of stress-related neuromodulators on amygdala and hippocampus resting state functional connectivity. 压力相关神经调节剂对杏仁核和海马静息状态功能连接的影响
IF 4.5 3区 医学
Journal of Psychopharmacology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-20 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241260972
Catarina Rosada, Renée Lipka, Sophie Metz, Christian Otte, Hauke Heekeren, Katja Wingenfeld
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