Depressive disorder will be the second highest disease burden worldwide, which will impair life quality, reduce productivity, and increase disability and mortality. LBP is the main active fraction purified from Lycium barbarum. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential therapeutic effects of LBP on depressive mice induced by reserpine, as well as the relevant mechanisms. The antidepre...

conclusions serum t4 and tsh levels in depressive patients were found to be significantly higher than those of the control group, indicating the association between serum t4 and tsh levels and depression in the subjects in 2010 - 2011 in hamedan, northwestern iran. objectives in this study, the serum levels of t3, t4, and tsh in patients with major depressive disorder have been compared to the ...

introduction: although the effectiveness of paroxetine and attention modification program has been studied separately in treating social anxiety disorder, there has been no research comparing them according to the literature. the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of paroxetine, attention modification program (amp) and combination of both on improving the social anxiety symptoms...

results results showed that dex 1 significantly increased, while dex 30 and groups treated with zinc 10 mg/kg and zinc 20 mg/kg decreased total immobility time as compared to that of saline group. also there was a significant decrease of total immobility time when zinc administered to rats already received dex 1, compared with that of control group. conclusions the current study findings sugges...

Monte Carlo simulations of the short-time dynamic behaviour are reported for three-dimensional Ising model and XY-model with long-range spatially correlated disorder at criticality, in the case corresponding to linear defects. The static and dynamic critical exponents are computed with the use of the corrections to scaling. The obtained values of the exponents are in a good agreement with resul...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a growing epidemic in the United States. There are hormonal changes that develop long before the mineral changes in patients with CKD occur. Increased Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) levels first become evident when the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) is below 60 mL/min/1.73m 2 . High serum phosphate stimulates the secretion of the Fibroblast Growth Factor ...

this is a study of depressive features in 51 iranian combatants suffering from ptsd. dsm iii-r considers depressive symptoms as associated clinical features of this condition. dsm iii and dsm iii-r both accepted the strong evidence that ptsd is a form of anxiety and included it in the anxiety disorders category. it is true that many ptsd sufferers present with anxiety features similar to these ...

background : major depressive disorder is one of the most widespread psychological problems in the world. the feelings of a person who is affected by this condition is boring. this article aimed to shed light on the experiences of women with major depressive disorder. methods : a qualitative approach with thematic analysis design has been used to describe the studied phenomenon as experienced b...

objective: to evaluate the relation between major depressions and glucose control index in type 2 diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: one- hundred thirty four patients with type 2 diabetes were enrolled in this study. hamilton rating scale for depression (ham-d) and hba1c were measured in patients. linear mixed-model analysis was applied to determine the relation between hba1c levels and ...