K Honkalampi

..Nevertheless, relatively little is known about the role of the T-helper (Th)-2 effector cytokines interleukin (IL)-5 and IL-13 in MDD...

..Acute and chronic psychosocial stress can induce pronounced changes in human immune responses. In this study we tested our hypothesis that stress-induced low-grade tissue inflammation is more prevalent among the unemployed...

..This study examines how alexithymia and depression are related to each other in men and women in a sample of Finnish general population (n = 2018)...

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..The aim of this 7-year follow-up study was to examine whether alexithymia predicts subsequent major depression, personality disorder, or alcohol use disorders in a population-based sample...

..This 12-month follow-up study investigated the prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship with depression in a sample of the general population from Eastern Finland (n = 1,584)...

..Moreover, comorbid CPD and severity of depression seemed to be associated with poorer recovery from alexithymia. The implications of these findings are discussed...

..In addition, the BDI scores increased or decreased proportionately with the change in TAS-20 score in both groups. These results lend further support to the idea that alexithymia may be a state-dependent phenomenon...

..A six-month follow-up study was conducted to determine whether alexithymia is a permanent feature in 169 depressed outpatients...

..Furthermore, the results showed that alexithymic features could also be situational reactions to depression...

..The aim of this study was to investigate whether somatic comorbidity (SC) impedes recovery from depression...

..Alexithymia is associated with the enhanced psychosocial burden of suffering CHD. This patient group may need more individual support and attention than other CHD patients...

..CONCLUSION: Depression is a common finding and should be looked for independently of other risk factors in patients with CHD...

..To examine the role of the adipose-tissue-derived low-grade inflammation markers adiponectin and resistin in major depressive disorder (MDD) in a population-based sample...

..Men and women had similarly poor scores for PCS and MCS. Mental health-related factors were main correlates of HRQL and this knowledge could be used in nursing practice and in health promotion...

..To explore the relationship between several indicators of depression and metabolic syndrome (MetS)...

..The major goal of mental health services is to improve mental health and thus also life satisfaction. However, studies assessing factors associated with life satisfaction during recovery from depression are lacking...

..Another conclusion might be that psychometric properties of the TAS should be further developed to make differentiation between alexithymia and depression possible...

..LS scale may prove useful in screening for those whose subjective wellbeing deserves attention and in assessing alleviation from depression...

..The aim was to examine associations between memory complaints, cognitive performance and mood in 174 adult, clinically depressed, neurologically healthy patients at baseline and during six months of follow-up...

..Nevertheless, little research has been carried out on possible associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and hopelessness in adulthood, and whether any gender differences exist...

..81). To conclude, life dissatisfaction is not primarily determined by the severity of CHD but by the existence of depressive symptoms...

..The association between life events and hopelessness in a general population is unknown...

..The areas under the ROC curves were large (0.81 at baseline and 0.93 at follow-up). The same BDI-21 cut-off point is suitable for screening major depression among outpatients in any phase of the disease...

..Studies are needed to assess global well-being during recovery from depression by comparing the assessments of patients and clinicians...

..Mental health factors were strongly associated with PCS and MCS scores of HRQL. In improving HRQL in men, both physical and mental domains should be targeted in preventive and curative strategies...

..049). These findings suggest that compared with the healthy controls, those with long-term depression may have lower HDL-C values and higher atherogenic indices...

..Dopaminergic abnormalities may be present in the temporal cortices of major depressives...

..These results indicate that a high level of dissociation is an independent risk factor for self-harm behavior in adolescents, and may have value both in clinical work and further research...

..This study assessed the prevalence of pathological dissociation in the general population, and the relationship between pathological dissociation and sociodemographic and several psychiatric variables...

..We investigated whether cluster C personality disorder (CPD) is associated with recovery from depression...

..A high level of dissociation was associated with an age of 15 or less, daily smoking, frequent use of alcohol, abuse of legal drugs, cannabis use, social isolation, and poor school performance in mathematics...

..Major depression in patients with personality disorder should be treated as effectively as possible. Moreover, service planning in rural areas needs attention...

..5 (95% CI 1.3-9.3), and in women with a poor financial situation it was 3.8 (95% CI 1.5-9.4). Awareness of the stability of hopelessness offers us newpossibilities in preventative and mental health work...

..Furthermore, it seems that depressive symptoms were chronic and long-lasting among the general population...

..Hopelessness is associated with depression and suicidality in clinical as well as in non-clinical populations. However, data on the prevalence of hopelessness and the associated factors in general population are exiguous...

..In conclusion, if depression presents alexithymic features the subject has an additive impact on the risk of suicidal ideation...

..Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms are unresolved and further studies are needed...

..9, 95% CI 1.5-16.0). Moreover, the presence of CPD associated with the presence of major depression at 24 months (OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.4-12.2). The presence of CPD hinders the alleviation of depressive symptoms in major depression...

..Because suicidal ideation frequently occurs without formal psychiatric diagnosis it should be assessed separately. Special attention should be paid to adolescents' negative self-perception...

..Mental health intervention, as early as possible, may serve to prevent the chronicity of depressive reactions among victims of multiple traumas...

..People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were studied to assess the prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and psychiatric disorders...

..Thus, a considerable amount of ill health was recorded in this group...

..The recovery from depression and factors associated with it are not well known in the general population...

..The aim of this study was to examine the course of and the changes in dissociative symptoms and factors associated with these changes during a 3-year follow-up of a Finnish general population sample...

..Comorbid personality disorder is the main factor predicting a poor short-term response in major depressive disorder...

..It is important, then, from both practical and theoretical points of view, to examine this particular experience and related conceptions...