BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.64
Peng Cheng, Lirong Wang, Ying Zhou, Wenjing Ma, Weihui Li
{"title":"Exploring the differential effects of psychological resilience and social support in mitigating post-traumatic psychiatric symptoms: real-world network analysis of front-line rescuers.","authors":"Peng Cheng, Lirong Wang, Ying Zhou, Wenjing Ma, Weihui Li","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.64","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.64","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although both psychological resilience and social support are widely believed to be effective in alleviating post-traumatic psychiatric symptoms in individuals with traumatic events, there has been a lack of comparative analysis of their intervention effects on different post-traumatic psychiatric symptoms. Furthermore, previous studies have mostly failed to control for potential confounding effects caused by different traumatic events.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>We used the novel network analysis approach to examine the differential moderating effects of psychological resilience and social support on post-traumatic psychiatric symptoms, controlling for the confounding effects of traumatic events.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We recruited 264 front-line rescuers who experienced the same traumatic event. Quantified edge weights and bridge expected influence (BEI) were applied to compare the alleviating effects of psychological resilience and social support.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our study revealed distinct correlations in a sample of front-line rescuers: social support negatively correlates more with psychosomatic symptoms, notably fatigue in depressive networks and sleep disturbance in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) networks, whereas psychological resilience shows fewer such correlations. Quantitative analysis using BEI indicated that psychological resilience more effectively suppresses depressive and anxiety symptom networks, whereas social support more significantly inhibits PTSD symptom networks.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current study represents the first attempt to examine the differential effects of psychological resilience and social support on post-traumatic outcomes in real-world emergency rescuers, controlling for the confounding effect of traumatic events. Our results can act as the theoretical reference for future precise and efficient post-trauma psychological interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140896536","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.23
Marcos DelPozo-Banos, Cathryn Rodway, Sze Chim Lee, Olivier Y Rouquette, Saied Ibrahim, Keith Lloyd, Louis Appleby, Navneet Kapur, Ann John
{"title":"Contacts with primary and secondary healthcare before suicide by those under the care of mental health services: case-control, whole-population-based study using person-level linked routine data in Wales, UK during 2000-2015.","authors":"Marcos DelPozo-Banos, Cathryn Rodway, Sze Chim Lee, Olivier Y Rouquette, Saied Ibrahim, Keith Lloyd, Louis Appleby, Navneet Kapur, Ann John","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.23","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>People under the care of mental health services are at increased risk of suicide. Existing studies are small in scale and lack comparisons.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To identify opportunities for suicide prevention and underpinning data enhancement in people with recent contact with mental health services.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This population-based study includes people who died by suicide in the year following a mental health services contact in Wales, 2001-2015 (cases), paired with similar patients who did not die by suicide (controls). We linked the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health and the Suicide Information Database - Cymru with primary and secondary healthcare records. We present results of conditional logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We matched 1031 cases with 5155 controls. In the year before their death, 98.3% of cases were in contact with healthcare services, and 28.5% presented with self-harm. Cases had more emergency department contacts (odds ratio 2.4, 95% CI 2.1-2.7) and emergency hospital admissions (odds ratio 1.5, 95% CI 1.4-1.7), but fewer primary care contacts (odds ratio 0.7, 95% CI 0.6-0.9) and out-patient appointments (odds ratio 0.2, 95% CI 0.2-0.3) than controls. Odds ratios were larger in females than males for injury and poisoning (odds ratio: 3.3 (95% CI 2.5-4.5) <i>v.</i> 2.6 (95% CI 2.1-3.1)).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We may be missing existing opportunities to intervene, particularly in emergency departments and hospital admissions with self-harm presentations and with unattributed self-harm, especially in females. Prevention efforts should focus on strengthening routine care contacts, responding to emergency contacts and better self-harm care. There are benefits to enhancing clinical audit systems with routinely collected data.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094447/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140896503","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.62
Luke A Jelen, Rupert McShane, Allan H Young
{"title":"Guidelines for ketamine use in clinical psychiatry practice.","authors":"Luke A Jelen, Rupert McShane, Allan H Young","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.62","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.62","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this editorial, we emphasise the efficacy and challenges of using ketamine in treatment-resistant depression. We highlight the need for comprehensive evidence-based guidelines to manage the use of both licensed and off-licence ketamine formulations and discuss recent efforts by Beaglehole et al to develop ketamine guidelines in New Zealand. We finally advocate for national registries to monitor ketamine therapy, ensuring its responsible and effective use in the management of depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140896640","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}
{"title":"Determining cut-off values and predictors for the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale: comparison between clinical and school settings.","authors":"Yen-Chung Ho, Susan Shur-Fen Gau, Ying-Sian Wu, Chun-Hsin Chen, Jiunn-Kae Wang, Hsin-Chien Lee, Kuo-Hsuan Chung, Yi-Hang Chiu, Kah Kheng Goh, Mong-Liang Lu, Yu-Chun Lin, Pi-Chen Chang, Hsiu-Ju Chang","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.35","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.35","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Few previous studies have established Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS) cut-off values using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and applied these values to compare predictors of anhedonia between clinical and nonclinical groups.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To determine the optimal cut-off values for the SHAPS and use them to identify predictors of anhedonia in clinical and nonclinical groups in Taiwan.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This cross-sectional and correlational study used convenience sampling to recruit 160 patients from three hospitals and 412 students from two universities in northern Taiwan. Data analysis included receiver operating characteristic curve, univariate and multivariate analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The optimal SHAPS cut-off values were 29.5 and 23.5 for the clinical and nonclinical groups, respectively. Moreover, two-stage analysis revealed that participants in the clinical group who perceived themselves as nondepressed, and participants in the nonclinical group who did not skip classes and whose fathers exhibited higher levels of care and protection were less likely to attain the cut-off values. Conversely, participants in the nonclinical group who reported lower academic satisfaction and were unwilling to seek help from family or friends were more likely to attain the cut-off values.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings highlight the importance of optimal cut-off values in screening for depression risk within clinical and nonclinical groups. Accordingly, the development of comprehensive, individualised programmes to monitor variation trends in SHAPS scores and relevant predictors of anhedonia across different target populations is crucial.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094454/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140890932","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-09DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.57
Daniela Strelchuk, Nicola Wiles, Katrina Turner, Catherine Derrick, David Martin, Jonathan Davies, Stan Zammit
{"title":"Eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) to prevent transition to psychosis in people with an at-risk mental state (ARMS): mixed method feasibility study.","authors":"Daniela Strelchuk, Nicola Wiles, Katrina Turner, Catherine Derrick, David Martin, Jonathan Davies, Stan Zammit","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.57","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.57","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trauma plays an important role in the development of psychosis, but no studies have investigated whether a trauma-focused therapy could prevent psychosis.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to establish whether it would be feasible to conduct a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to prevent psychosis in people with an at-risk mental state (ARMS), using eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy (EMDR).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This started as a mixed-method randomised study comparing EMDR to treatment as usual but, as a result of low participant recruitment, was changed to a single-arm feasibility study. The proposed primary outcome for an RCT was transition to psychosis at 12-month follow-up. Data on secondary outcomes were also collected. Qualitative interviews were conducted with patients and therapists.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fourteen participants were recruited from the Early Intervention teams. Most people who expressed an interest in taking part attended an assessment to determine eligibility. All those eligible consented to take part. A total of 64% (7 of 11) of participants who were offered EMDR were followed up at 12 months. Of the 11 participants offered EMDR, one (11%, 95% CI: 0.2%, 48%) transitioned to psychosis. Nine patients and three therapists were interviewed. Participants who completed therapy (<i>n</i> = 4; mean 10.5 sessions) found EMDR helpful, but those who discontinued (<i>n</i> = 6; mean 5.2 sessions) said it had not benefitted them overall. Therapists said EMDR could be effective, although not for all patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Future studies recruiting people with an ARMS to an RCT may need to extend recruitment beyond Early Intervention teams. Although some individuals found EMDR helpful, reasons for discontinuing need to be addressed in future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094432/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140890960","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-09DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.59
Chang Liu, Kristian Rotaru, Lei Ren, Samuel R Chamberlain, Erynn Christensen, Mary-Ellen Brierley, Karyn Richardson, Rico S C Lee, Rebecca Segrave, Jon E Grant, Edouard Kayayan, Sam Hughes, Leonardo F Fontenelle, Amelia Lowe, Chao Suo, René Freichel, Reinout W Wiers, Murat Yücel, Lucy Albertella
{"title":"Examining the unique relationships between problematic use of the internet and impulsive and compulsive tendencies: network approach.","authors":"Chang Liu, Kristian Rotaru, Lei Ren, Samuel R Chamberlain, Erynn Christensen, Mary-Ellen Brierley, Karyn Richardson, Rico S C Lee, Rebecca Segrave, Jon E Grant, Edouard Kayayan, Sam Hughes, Leonardo F Fontenelle, Amelia Lowe, Chao Suo, René Freichel, Reinout W Wiers, Murat Yücel, Lucy Albertella","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.59","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.59","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Both impulsivity and compulsivity have been identified as risk factors for problematic use of the internet (PUI). Yet little is known about the relationship between impulsivity, compulsivity and individual PUI symptoms, limiting a more precise understanding of mechanisms underlying PUI.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The current study is the first to use network analysis to (a) examine the unique association among impulsivity, compulsivity and PUI symptoms, and (b) identify the most influential drivers in relation to the PUI symptom community.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We estimated a Gaussian graphical model consisting of five facets of impulsivity, compulsivity and individual PUI symptoms among 370 Australian adults (51.1% female, mean age = 29.8, s.d. = 11.1). Network structure and bridge expected influence were examined to elucidate differential associations among impulsivity, compulsivity and PUI symptoms, as well as identify influential nodes bridging impulsivity, compulsivity and PUI symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results revealed that four facets of impulsivity (i.e. negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of premeditation and lack of perseverance) and compulsivity were related to different PUI symptoms. Further, compulsivity and negative urgency were the most influential nodes in relation to the PUI symptom community due to their highest bridge expected influence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current findings delineate distinct relationships across impulsivity, compulsivity and PUI, which offer insights into potential mechanistic pathways and targets for future interventions in this space. To realise this potential, future studies are needed to replicate the identified network structure in different populations and determine the directionality of the relationships among impulsivity, compulsivity and PUI symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094446/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140890935","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.60
Hyun Lee, Eunjin Lee
{"title":"Latent groups from multidimensional factors and effects on suicidal ideation in older adults.","authors":"Hyun Lee, Eunjin Lee","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.60","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.60","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Suicide is a serious social problem among older adults. However, little is known about how multidimensional factors affect suicide of older adults.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>We classify the multidimensional suicidal risk types of older adults based on their characteristics and identify differences in suicidal ideation.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were obtained via a nationwide online survey targeting 612 older adults over the age of 55 years. A latent profile analysis identified three profiles, one of which represented the optimal situation for these adults.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified three distinct multidimensional suicidal risk types in older adults: high-risk predicament (24.5%), moderate-risk predicament (57.7%) and abundant internal/external resources (17.8%). In particular, depression, a major risk factor for suicide, was found together with self-neglect in each group. Multiple regression analysis showed that older adults in the moderate-risk predicament and high-risk predicament groups were more likely to have suicidal ideation than those in the abundant internal/external resources group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest that co-occurrence of depression and self-neglect represents a suicide risk pattern in high-risk older individuals. Therefore, local communities need to urgently screen and provide interventions for such older adults and strengthen their capacity for multidimensional aspects of life to prevent suicide in the long term.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140859772","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.66
Alvin Kuowei Tay
{"title":"Hope in hardship: charting a new course for mental health in Afghanistan.","authors":"Alvin Kuowei Tay","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.66","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.66","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The long legacy of upheavals and deprivations in Afghanistan and the associated mental health impacts on its people are well documented. A systematic review undertaken by Alemi et al (2023) presents the most comprehensive synthesis to date on this topic. Drawing on their findings, this editorial examines the complex mental health and psychosocial challenges confronted by neglected vulnerable groups such as pregnant and postnatal women, LGBTQ individuals, older adults, ethnic minority groups and Afghan refugees living overseas. It explores the potential challenges in rebuilding a resilient mental health system following the mass exodus of Afghanis. It calls for a whole-of-society approach that extends beyond clinical interventions to address the broader sociocultural and economic factors influencing mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094453/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140847130","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.51
Francesco Bartoli, Carlo Bassetti, Marco Gazzola, Letizia Gianfelice, Daniele Cavaleri, Cristina Crocamo, Giuseppe Carrà
{"title":"Prevalence and correlates of manic/hypomanic and depressive predominant polarity in bipolar disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Francesco Bartoli, Carlo Bassetti, Marco Gazzola, Letizia Gianfelice, Daniele Cavaleri, Cristina Crocamo, Giuseppe Carrà","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.51","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bjo.2024.51","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Identification of the predominant polarity, i.e. hypomanic/manic (mPP) or depressive predominant polarity (dPP), might help clinicians to improve personalised management of bipolar disorder.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate prevalence and correlates of mPP and dPP in bipolar disorder.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The protocol was registered in the Open Science Framework Registries (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/8S2HU). We searched main electronic databases up to December 2023 and performed random-effects meta-analyses of weighted prevalence of mPP and dPP. Odds ratios and weighted mean differences (WMDs) were used for relevant correlates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 28 studies, providing information on rates and/or correlates of mPP and dPP. We estimated similar rates of mPP (weighted prevalence = 30.0%, 95% CI: 23.1 to 37.4%) and dPP (weighted prevalence = 28.5%, 95% CI: 23.7 to 33.7%) in bipolar disorder. Younger age (WMD = -3.19, 95% CI: -5.30 to -1.08 years), male gender (odds ratio = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.10 to 1.76), bipolar-I disorder (odds ratio = 4.82, 95% CI: 2.27 to 10.24), psychotic features (odds ratio = 1.56, 95% CI: 1.01 to 2.41), earlier onset (WMD = -1.57, 95% CI: -2.88 to -0.26 years) and manic onset (odds ratio = 13.54, 95% CI: 5.83 to 31.46) were associated with mPP (<i>P</i> < 0.05). Depressive onset (odds ratio = 12.09, 95% CI: 6.38 to 22.90), number of mood episodes (WMD = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.28 to 1.70 episodes), history of suicide attempts (odds ratio = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.49 to 2.93) and being in a relationship (odds ratio = 1.98, 95% CI: 1.22 to 3.22) were associated with dPP (<i>P</i> < 0.05). No differences were estimated for other variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite some limitations, our findings support the hypothesis that predominant polarity might be a useful specifier of bipolar disorder. Evidence quality was mixed, considering effects magnitude, consistency, precision and publication bias. Different predominant polarities may identify subgroups of patients with specific clinical characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094450/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852678","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}
BJPsych OpenPub Date : 2024-05-03DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.53
Qian Yang, Qianjin Wang, Pu Peng, Tieqiao Liu, Xiangyang Zhang
{"title":"Association of clinical variables and thyroid-stimulating hormone with psychotic symptoms in patients with first-episode and drug-naïve major depressive disorder with elevated fasting blood glucose: preliminary exploratory study with a large sample","authors":"Qian Yang, Qianjin Wang, Pu Peng, Tieqiao Liu, Xiangyang Zhang","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.53","url":null,"abstract":"<span>Background</span><p>Psychotic symptoms and elevated fasting blood glucose (FBG) are frequently observed in people with major depressive disorder (MDD), but there is a lack of research into this relationship within this cohort.</p><span>Aims</span><p>This study aimed to preliminarily explore the prevalence of psychotic symptoms and their predictors among patients with MDD and elevated FBG.</p><span>Method</span><p>This study enrolled 1718 patients with first-episode and drug-naïve (FEDN) MDD. Sociodemographic data and physical and biochemical indicators were collected. Clinical symptoms were assessed with tools such as the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale positive subscale.</p><span>Results</span><p>The odds ratio for psychotic symptoms in those with MDD and elevated FBG (18.7%) was 2.33 times higher than those with MDD without elevated FBG. Presence of psychotic symptoms was significantly correlated with HRSD score, suicide attempts, and total cholesterol and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels. The combination of HRSD score, suicide attempts and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels among patients with MDD and elevated FBG effectively distinguished between individuals with and without psychotic symptoms, achieving an area under the curve of 0.87.</p><span>Conclusions</span><p>Psychotic symptoms are frequently observed among FEDN MDD patients with elevated FBG, and depressive symptoms, suicide attempts and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels are related to psychotic symptoms in this cohort.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140829105","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}